The epigraphical material, it will be noticed, bas not only corroborative value, but sheds new light on certain questions. For instance, the inscriptions not only help us in fixing the centres of different Buddhist schools, but also enable us to throw entirely new light on the origin of the Purvasaila and Aparasaila schools from an otherwise unknown sect called Mahavansaila. They furnish names of several Buddhist sects which are not known from any other source. Our knowledge about the Bauddha-goshthis for the administration of the sangha is also due to inscriptions.
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