The History of Buddhist Thought c9.s2.26

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B.C. 563 Birth of Gotama Buddha. 559 Birth of Bimbisāra, king of Magadha. 543 Accession of Bimbisāra. 534 Great Renunciation of Gotama. 528 The Enlightenment. 491 Accession of Ajātasattu. 483 Death of Buddha and first Council at Rājagaha. 393 Accession of Kālāsoka. 383-2 Second Council at Vesālī and first schism. 365-343 The ten sons of Kālāsoka. 343-321 The nine Nandas. 321 Usurpation of Chandragupta and founding of the Maurya empire. 297 Accession of Bindusāra. 269 Accession of his son Asoka. 265 Consecration of Asoka. 247 Third Council at Pāṭaliputta. 246 Mission of Mahinda to Ceylon.