The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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enlightened and came to save [the people] there. Later on it changed
to mo'ah yonakanagara rajadhani jaiypur'i sri jan saen and then became
vi an pru' k~a which lasted 93 years"29
At this point Nott.on bas a colophon ending his text.30 Manit and
pp part 61 note that the first part of the story ends here, but while Manit
cuts off his text, PP part 61 continues without a break to the second part,
the first events of which are essential to an understanding of part I and
Manit's analysis.31
This second part of TS begins with a review of the changes in era
which have occurred within the time span of the first part of the story,
plus a few important dates from Buddhist history. They are as follows:
- The Buddha died in the year 420 of the ancient (porarJ} era.
- King Ajatasatru then cut the ancient era and established year 1
of the new era (Buddhist era) in a kat met year.
- In the year 99 of the new era, a ra~vay san year, the second
Buddhist council was held at Vesali.
- In the year 218 Asoka conquered jambiidvipa
- In the year 223 maha moggaliputrathera convoked the third
Buddhist council
-In the year 64 [sic], a po'k yi year, bra~ya tri cakkhu cut this era
and established the du!iya sakaraja (second era).
,..... In 560 of the dutiya era, 1182 years after the Buddha's nirvana,32
there is a story about the coming of a new king to Chiang Saen
and then a statement that the era established by tri cakkhu was
t;inished and a new one, !atiya sakaraja (third era) was begun in
a kcu gal year. 33
With the· exception of the ancient era and the clearly corrupt figure
for the year in which the du!iya ~akaraja was established, the order of
th~ eras is exactly like that of the first part and also corresponds to the
knqwn Btoddhist, saka ( du!iya), cui a (!a!iya} sequence. It thus indicates
with certainty that, in spite of the unexpected terminology, such was the
cb,ronological sequence intended by the person or persons who composed
TS. ,
29) lylanit, pp. 100-101.
30) Notton I, p. 20~.
31) PP6l,p.99.
32) PP.6l, p. 91.
~3) PP 6l,p. lOl,