trad. 544 BCE or 480 BCE
First council in tradition
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Canon and monasticism
The cited Theravada chronology places a recitation after the Buddha’s death, dated to 544 or 480 BCE under two assumptions about his birth. The council narrative belongs to monastic tradition; it does not derive from contemporary minutes.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · attributed by a tradition
- End
- year · attributed by a tradition
- Dating in the source document
- 544 o 480 a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: dating window; it does not mean the event lasted for that entire interval.
Sources
- Access to Insight — Theravada chronology (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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