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∗ Cf.—Takakasu : Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Jan. 1905. A life of Vasubandhu was translated into Chinese by Paramártha. A. D. 557-569.—Bun. Nunj. Cata. p. 371. Csoma Korosi following the Tibetan Chronology says:—"I know that Arya Asamga lived in the sixth or seventh century after Jesus Christ." As. Res. XX, p. 513. This date has been accepted by Lassen (Ind. Alt. ii, p. 460) as also by R. Davids (Buddhism. p. 207). But this chronology has now become untenable. The date of Asamga and his brother Vasubandhu should be put back by about two centuries, as some of their works were translated into Chinese in the beginning of the fifth century and perhaps earlier. (Bun. Nanj. Cata. App. i p. 371). It must have taken a century or two to have their works sufficiently recognised in India before they would deserve a place in the Chinese Tripitaka.