The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s1.6

c12.s1.6

1. The *Mahāvastu* (the Book of Great Events), the life of Buddha in "mixed Sanskrit" (c B.C. 150—c A.C. 300).
2. *Avadānaśataka* (c 150 B.C.).
3. *Karmaśataka* (c 150 B.C.).
4. Aśvaghoṣa (c 100 A.C.) a contemporary of Kāṇiṣka, and a founder of *Mahāyāna* Buddhism: i. *Buddhacharita*, a poem ii. *Saundarānanda*, a poem iii. *Sutrālamkāra*, legends in prose and verse based on the *Jātakas* and the *Avadānas*.