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ธรรมЋารา วาระวิจารณ์พระพุทธศาสนา ฉบับที่ 5 ปี 2560 The Date of the Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa THANAVUDDHO Bhikkku ( Phragrupalad Suvatthanabodhigun) Abstract When considering the date of the Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, it is often useful to start with the date of King Aśoka’s coronation. Then, we may add that year to the number of years between King Aśoka’s accession and the Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, which occurred earlier in history. The relationship between the two dates has already been examined, and will be examined further in the next paper. Therefore, we can start by examining the date of king Aśoka’s coronation. The result of an analysis completed by Nakamura Hajime affirms 268 B.C. to be the year of King Aśoka’s ascension to the throne, a theory that has been widely accepted by Buddhist scholars. This conclusion is based on Hajime’s supposition that King Candragupta ascended to the throne in 317 B.C. The total number of reigning years for both King Candragupta and King Bindusara was then added to the year 317 B.C.