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A timeline (or several) relating to Pali Canon.

BC

  • c. 544: according to tradition, compilation of the Canon, with comparatively small amounts of material added later
  • 4th century: according to Professor Warder, average date of the Canon
  • last century: according to most authorities, Canon written down from oral tradition

  • 5th century: Buddhaghosa, most important commentator on the Canon; according to Professor Samuel, the Canon itself largely derives from his and his colleagues' work
  • 8th or 9th century: oldest known manuscript fragment of the Canon
  • 1881: Pali Text Society founded in England by T. W. Rhys Davids to print the Canon and other texts
  • 1900: first complete printed edition of the Canon appears in Burma in 38 volumes
  • 1988: digitization of the Canon completed in Thailand