Re: Antiquity and Continuity of Indian History (Part 1)

To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Re: Antiquity and Continuity of Indian History (Part 1)
From: mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com (Mani Varadarajan)
Date: 05 Jan 1996 19:18:34 GMT
In-Reply-To: Prasad Gokhale's message of 5 Jan 1996 07:03:41 GMT
Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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References: <4cgeqr$k54@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4ciigd$ltu@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Reply-To: mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com

In article <4ciigd$ltu@babbage.ece.uc.edu> Prasad Gokhale <f0g1@unb.ca> writes:
> Evidence testifies that Buddha and Aadi
> Shankara lived 1800 B.C. and 500 B.C respectively.

I don't think this is quite correct.  The Buddha lived 
around 600 B.C.  Adi Sankaracharya lived c. 600-800 A.D.
This is what all the epigraphical and textual evidence
indicates.

Mani

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