He had by that time made himself king of Magadha.

His grandson was converted to Buddhism by the bold and patient demeanour of an Arhat whom he had ordered to be buried alive, and became a most zealous supporter of the new faith.

Dr.Rhys Davids (Sacred Books of the East, vol.xi, p.

xlvi) says that "Asoka's coronation can be fixed with absolute certainty within a year or two either way of 267 B.C." (4) This also is a Jataka story; but Eitel thinks it may be a myth, constructed from the story of the blinding of Dharma-vivardhana..