Fourth Buddhist Council

Venue: Kundalavana, Kashmir.

Year: 72 AD

King: Kanishka (Kushan Dynasty), was a patron of Buddhism and was instrumental in spreading the religion in north-western borders of India.

Presiding Priest: Vasumitra; deputed by Asvaghosha.

The fourth Buddhist Council had to deal with a serious conflict between the Sarvasthivada teachers of Kashmir and Gandhara.

Resulted in:

Sarvasthivada doctrines were organized into three large commentaries on the Pitakas.

Final division of Buddhism into Mahayana & Hinayana sects.

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