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170=297 B. C. respectively the dates of the death of these two] Both of them were the disciples of Yas'obhadra after whose death as the eldest disciple Sambhutivijaya became the pontiff of the jain Church. Within a year or so about the death of Sambhūtijaya, Candragupta Maurya came on the throne of Magadha ( Vira= 155/156=B.C,311/312)according to Jain chroniclers. After Sambhūtivijaya, Sthulabhadra became the head of the church, though Bhadrabahu, at once the most eminent and learned wielded more influence and prestige in the Jain community. As the legend bears outs(See आवश्यकचूणि तित्थोगाली पइन्नया हेमचंद्र परिशिष्टपर्व सर्ग. ८. श्लो०१९३ and सर्ग. ९. श्लो. 46-4c.) in the time of Sthūlabhadra, a famine lasting for twelve years raged in the country of Magadha. One section of Jain community, with Bhadrabahu at the head thought that they would not be able to follow up their master's teachings with rigidity in those hard days; and they went to the southern part of India. During these days of disorder, the scriptures were neglected and were partially forgotten. When better times arrived, the council was convoked at Pataliputra at about 300 B. C. where with great efforts eleven Angas were stitched up while the twelfth could not be recovered as only Bhadrabahu knew it. The same was also, according to this legend the case with
