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27 E.H. Johnston (Intr. to his edition and translation of the Buddhacarita, XIII–XVII) concluded that Aśvaghoṣa is probably earlier, though not much earlier, than Kaniṣka; he flourished between B.C. 50 and A.D. 100, with a preference for the first half of the first century A.D. Compare on Aśvaghoṣa and Kaniṣka: B. Bhattacharya (1976): 14–20; S. Lévi (1908) and (1928); F. Wilhelm (1968). See also on Aśvaghoṣa: M. Anesaki (1909); B. Bhattacharya (1976; reviewed by J.W. de Jong in IIJ 20, 1978, 124–127); L. Chimpa and A. Chattopadhyaya (1970): 391–393; B.C. Law (1946); S. Lévi (1929); H. Nakamura (1996): 133–135; Winternitz II, 201–211. See on Aśvaghoṣa and his connections with medicine in the Tibetan tradition: Rechung (1973): 14