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DEATH OF BINDUSĀRA 301 Bindusāra died after a reign of 25 years according to the Purūnas, and 27 or 28 years according to Buddhist tradition. According to the chronology adopted in these pages his reign terminated about 273 B.C. 2
I Hultzsch points out (p. xxxii) that Buritiese tradition assigns 27 years to Bindusāra, while Buddhaghosha's Samanta-pasādikā agrees with the Mahāvansa in allotting 28 years to that king.
2 Cf. Smith, Aśoka. p. 73.
