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places the Nirvana of Buddha in 388 B. O. finds few if any supporters. Kern fixes this date by raising Asoka's accession from 263 to 270 B.C., and by considering the period elapsed between Asoka's accession and Buddha's death to be 100 years, according to one of the two theories prevailing amongst the Northern Buddhists and based on a prediction attributed to Buddha in the Asoka Avadãna, that “ 100 years after his Nirvana, there would be a king of Pataliputra named Asoka who would distribute his relics."
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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