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(151). Though in the Jain canons such as the Sutrakrtanga
Sutra, etc., we find a mention of some beliefs of the Buddhists, it is quite negligible. Also, because the later patriarchs of Jainism possessing the know edge of the Purvas (the most important portion of the Jain canons, but not available now) had made additions and alterations in the original Angas, the above stated fact is not violated,
(152) Many an authoritative historians and scholars have
approved this date; see for example,
a) Mahamahopadhyaya Raya Bahadura Gouri Sankara
Ojha, S'ri Jain-Satya Barakasa Vol. II, Nos. IVV, pp. 217-81.
(b) Dr. Baladeva Upadhyaya, Dharma Aura Darsana,
p. 89.
(c) Dr. Vasudeva Saran Agravala Tirthankara Maha
vira, Vol. II, preface, p.XIX.
(d) Dr. Hira Lal Jain, Tattya Samuccaya, p.6.
(e) Mahamahopadhyaya Pt. Vishveshar Nath Rey,
Bharata ke Pracina Rajayamsa, Part II, p. 436.
(153) Candragupta Maurya and His Times, by Dr. Radha
Kumud Mukherjee, pp. 44-46; Bharata ka Brhat Itihasa Part I, (Pracina Bharata), by Srinetra Pandeya, 4th Edition, p. 242.
(154) To these sources, Indian history is also indebted for
what has been called 'the Sheet-anchor' of its chrono. logy, for the starting-point of Indian chronology is the date of Candragupta's accession to sovereignity.
- Candragupta Maurya and His Times, by Dr. Radha Kumud Mukherjee, p.3. Also, see, Ancient India, by Rapson, pp. 20-21.
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The date 313 B.C. for Candragupta's accession, if it is based on correct tradition, may refer to his acquisition of Avanti in Malya, as the chronological datum found in a verse, where the Maurya
