[Buddha-l] Kundakunda

[Joy Vriens]

Dan,

>Paul Dundas thinks he may have lived in the 8th c, but he's uncertain. 

"The date of Kundakunda has been a baffling problem. Scholars generally advocate that Kundakunda belonged to the first century A.D. It is possible to suggest that he lived in the second century A.D. Kundakunda along with the six teachers in succession is mentioned in the copper plate inscription of 466 A.D.2 If we take 150 years for the six teachers, the time of the first teacher Gunachandra will be about 316 A.D. Guîachandra was not actually the pupil of Kundakunda but only in his line. Therefore, Kundakunda must have lived in the second century A.D. at least 100 years before Guîachandra."
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