Attends the Third Buddhist Council
· Pataliputra archaeological area, Patna, Bihar, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 · file Theravada chronicles state that Ashoka convened and personally attended a council at Pataliputra under Moggaliputta Tissa. The council's historicity and details remain debated because it is absent from North Indian traditions. Traditional date, approximately 250 BCE; the event is reported by Theravada sources and is historically disputed.
