title: An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism (Oxford Handbooks)
author: Lars Fogelin
description: <br>"This is a necessary read for anyone interested in the history of Indian Buddhism. ... Fogelin's historical judgments are revisionary and refreshing. ... Highly recommended." --<em>CHOICE</em>
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  Date of Gautama 
  Buddha’s disincarnation 
  
  BUDDHAS AND INITIATES SERIES 
  HP BLAVATSKY ON SHAKYA MUNI’S PLACE IN HISTORY 
  Date of Gautama Buddha’s disincarnation v. 18.10,, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 17 March 2018 
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  Part 1. 
  By Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 
  From Blavatsky Collected Writings, (ENQUIRIES SUGGESTED BY SINNETT’S “ESOTERIC BUDDHISM”) Vol. V, 
  Question VII: Philological and Archaeological “Difficulties” — Shakya Muni’s Place in History; pp. 241-
  59. 
  No Orientalist — save perhaps, the same wise, not to say deep, Prof. Weber — oppos-
  es more vehemently than Prof. Max Müller Hindu and Buddhist chronology. Evident-
  ly — if an Indophile he is not a Buddhophile, and General Cunningham — however 
  independent otherwise in his archæological researches — agrees with him more than 
  would seem strictly prudent in view of possible future discoveries.
  1 We have then to 
  ref