162 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.  [June, 1905. 
In the tenth chapter Buddha in a prophetic style predicts 
certain future events which help us in determining the approxi- 
mate date of the work. Thus he says :— 
afa faaa uaa Bat F WTA | 
waa: WILAT AAT WHA Atet whseaea | 4 
Hat wets YRS aat ASI SITVAL: | 
aaa Teta: Wear WAIT: | 
(A.S. MSS., Leaf 142.) 
The Tibetan version runs thus :— 
aA Cage tag | 
haenanabias r5 | 
ARP TARTAN | 
Aap ane ease 
SSSA eG 
AAA Barres erage | 
(Kangyur, Mdo, Vol. V., Leaf 292, A.S. MSS.) 
The passage may be translated thus :— 
‘‘One hundred years after my Nirvana, Vyasa, the author of 
the Mahabharata, will flourish. Then the Pandavas, Kauravas, 
Nandas and Mauryyas will arise. The Nandas, Mauryyas, Guptas 
and the Mlecchas, the vilest of kings, will flourish im succession. 
The Mleccha rule will be followed by tumult of arms and the 
tumult will be followed by Kali-yuga. ” 
Several non-Buddhistic sects are mentioned thus :— 
aim antaat aq fag: aequateaat | 
Bwaque feufaar: fafamrafaafaat: | 
(A.S. MSS., Leaf 135.) 
1 The Sanskrit manuscript reads alate gia which is evidently 
‘wrong. The correct reading has been restored from Tibetan. 
