The History of Buddhist Thought c9.s2.1

c9.s2.1

Neither the Pāli nor the Sanskrit forms of the Canon give any help in determining anything about the dates of Buddha’s career or even about the historical sequence of the whole story. This comes from the Chronicles composed in Ceylon and from Sarvāstivādin works known as Avadānas. There are two Pāli Chronicles giving the early history of Buddhism, its introduction into Ceylon, and its progress