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ka Gotra with whom Matam in 544 A. V. (18 A. D.)". Here too, we get 18 A. D. only after substracting 526 from 544.
The Date of Buddha's Nirvana
Similarly Dr. Jacobi has not referred to any specific date about the birth or death of Buddha in these Introductions, but whatever he has written there, even though in different allusions, reflect's his idea about the date of Buddha's Nirvana. For instance, he writes quoting Max Mullar's extract (14). "The lastest date of Buddhist cannon being composed at the time of the Second Council was 377 B.C. It is an unanimously accepted fact that this Council was held at Vaisali, 100 years after the Nirvana of Buddha (15). It follows that 477 B. C. is the date of Buddha-Nirvana. In the opinion of Dr. Jacobi on the basis of his concept at that time, if these were the dates of the Nirvana of Mahavira and Buddha, Mahavira was 41 years older than Buddha.
Dr. Jacobi's Second Approach
Dr. Jacobi had made another approach to the problem in his paper entitled as "The Nirvana of Mahavira and Buddha published in the 26th issue of a German research magazine in the year 1930. Its Gujrati rendering was published in Bhartiya Vidya- a research journal (16) and subsequently is Hindi translation, as collected by Shri Kastur Chand Banthia, appeared in Sramana (17), a monthly Hindi Magazine.
The conclusion of this article is (18) that Buddha died in 484 B. C. and Mahavira in 477 B. C. It means that Mahavīra died 7 years after the death of Buddha and the former was fifteen years younger than the latter.
The Concluding Article
According to Sri Kastura Chand Banthia (19), it was the last paper written by Dr. Jacobi and he has expressed therein an altogether different opinion. What astounds us is Dr. Jacobi's complete silence, in this comprehensive, about his earlier view and the view he propounded later on,
