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The unfaithful renegade, Devalatta, did
not dive long, and Adjatastru not long after
became a supporter of Buddhism, although
only in name.
It will not be out of place to mention
a few words about this double-faced, Adja-
tastru. He was the unworthy son of his
worthy father, Bimbisara, and one who had
put his old father to death, at the instigation
of" Devadatta, c who hoped to profit by the
change’ (484 B. C.) * The powerful Vajjian
clans who lived in the plains on the Northern
shore of the Ganges attracted the attention of
Adjatastru, and he sent his minister Vassa-
kara to the Buddha to ask how he would fare
against these Turanian tribes. The Buddha
who was no time-server, and who looked with
the same eye upon a King*as on a slave an-
swered that so long as the Vajjians remained
united they would not decline but prosper.
Three years before the Buddha’s den th
took place the destruction of Kapilvastu and
* ‘ Civilization in Ancient India ’ by Mr. R. C. Dutt.—P. 336.
The unfaithful renegade, Devalatta, did
not dive long, and Adjatastru not long after
became a supporter of Buddhism, although
only in name.
It will not be out of place to mention
a few words about this double-faced, Adja-
tastru. He was the unworthy son of his
worthy father, Bimbisara, and one who had
put his old father to death, at the instigation
of" Devadatta, c who hoped to profit by the
change’ (484 B. C.) * The powerful Vajjian
clans who lived in the plains on the Northern
shore of the Ganges attracted the attention of
Adjatastru, and he sent his minister Vassa-
kara to the Buddha to ask how he would fare
against these Turanian tribes. The Buddha
who was no time-server, and who looked with
the same eye upon a King*as on a slave an-
swered that so long as the Vajjians remained
united they would not decline but prosper.
Three years before the Buddha’s den th
took place the destruction of Kapilvastu and
* ‘ Civilization in Ancient India ’ by Mr. R. C. Dutt.—P. 336.