Moreover, the Singhalese
chronology agrees in every particular with the Burmese chronology.
Independent of the religious era dating from Buddha's death, called
"Nirvanic Era," there existed, as now shown by Bishop Bigandet ("Life of
Guadama"), two historical eras. One lasted 1362 years, its last year
corresponding with 1156 of the Christian era: the other, broken in two
small eras, the last, succeeding immediately the other, exists to the
present day. The beginning of the first, which lasted 562 years,
coincides with the year 79 A.D. and the Indian Saka era. Consequently,
the learned Bishop, who surely can never be suspected of partiality to
Buddhism, accepts the year 543 of Buddha's Nirvana. So do Mr. Tumour,
Professor Lassen, and others.
The alleged discrepancies between the fourteen various dates of Nirvana
collected by Csoma Corosi, do not relate to the Nyr-Nyang in the least.
They are calculations concerning the Nirvana of the precursors, the
Boddhisatwas and previous incarnations of Sanggyas that the Hungarian
found in various works and wrongly applied to the last Buddha.
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