The Ascension of King Aśoka and Historical Date Analysis
…ghly inconsistent and self-contradictory. Therefore, it can be said that this information is highly unreliable. The results of Nakamura’s theory are based on potentially flawed information.
However, a …
…II, King Candragupta's accession year, and Ceylon's chronicles, it concludes that Aśoka ascended around 267 B.C. The connections to Buddha's Parinirvāṇa will be addressed subsequently.