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...work of the Theravada tradition date the death of the Buddha a hundred years before the reign of Emperor Ashoka. This is based on the short chronology (Indian) and it suggests the Buddha died on 370-368 BCE. There is a lot that favours this later date, since it would mean only a hundred years between the death of the Buddha and the reign of Ashoka and would increase the...

...worked initially as a coal miner and later as a railway clerk. The precise date of the tune is unclear; the first known use of it was in 1907 in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd. [Photo of Capel Rhondda in Hopkinstown]Capel Rhondda, Hopkinstown where John Hughes first performed his ‘Cwm Rhondda’ tune in 1907. Photo by The National Churches Trust. Two important...