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Research and Conclusion
Need of an Exhaustive Research The Evidences of the Buddhist Tripitakas The Event of Mahavira's Nirvana in Tripitakas A Critical Examination The Events of Mahavira's Seniority in Buddhist
Tripitakas A Critical Examination Contemporaneity and Chronology Chronology of Mahavira The Vikrama Era The Saka Era The Gupta Era Astrological Calculations Traditional Era of Vira - Nirvana Chronology of Mahavira's Life Traditional Dates of Nirvana Historian's Date of Buddha's Nirvana Problem of Chronology Reconstruction of Chronology
onsistencies in Ceylonesc Chronology The Chronology of Buddha
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Corroboration of the Conclusion
127
Tibetan Tradition The Traditional Date of Chinese Turkestan Asoka's Edicts Burmese Tradition
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CHAPTER V
PREVIOUS BIRTHS
177-187
Tapasa Marici
177
Marici's vacillation Marici's as a tridandi monk Kapila As Future Tirthankara Marici felt elated
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