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,8 51 modern, . . . . . no MS written one thousand years ago is now existent in India and that it is almost impossible to find one written five hundred years ago. " According to Oldenberg: "A biography of. Buddha has not come down to us from ancient times, from the age of PaL texts, and, we can safely say, no such biography was in existence then. J. B. Pratt holds the opinion that the oldest books which give an account of the life and teachings of Buddha were not committed completely to writing till about the year 30 B. C. , though some put the date at 80 B. C. 10 999. The view set forth above is particularly true about the records containing the life and teachings of Buddha which resemble those of Jesus. Eitel expresses himself on this point in the following words: "It can be proved that almost every single tint of Christian colouring which Buddhist tradition gives to the life of Buddha, is comparatively of modern origin. There is not a single Buddhist MS in existence which could vie, in antiquity and undoubted authenticity, with the oldest codices of the Gospels. Besides, the most 8 Sacred Books of The East, Vol. X, Part I; Introduction to the. Dhamapadda, p. XI. . Oldenberg, Buddhism, p. 78 10. J. B. Pratt, The Pilgrimage Of Buddhism, p. 2.