Name
|
Time Period
|
Place
|
Presided by
|
Purpose
|
The
First Buddhist Council
|
In
483 BCE , immediately after the death of the Buddha
|
At
Saptaparni in Magadha
|
Mahakassapa
|
To
maintain the purity of the Buddha’s teaching
|
The
Second Buddhist Council
|
In
383 BCE ,
During
the reign of Kalashoka
|
At
Vaishali
|
Sabakami
|
To
end the controversy between the monks of various sects
|
The
Third Buddhist Council
|
In
250 BCE ,
During
the reign of Ashoka
|
At
Patliputra
|
Moggaliputta
Tissa
|
To
settle the dispute of Vinaya Pitaka
|
The
Fourth Buddhist Council
|
In
100 CE ,
During
the reign of Kanishka
|
At
Kundalavan in Kashmir
|
Vasumitra
|
To
settle all the differences among the 18 sects of Buddhism
|
Hi everybody, this is the second post on Indian Constitution and Polity. If you have not already gone through the first post, you can find it here. As you all know, it is a very important topic for Govt. job exams like UPSC, SSC CGL et al. In this post, I shall discuss a few key features of Indian Constitution. The Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts . Apart from the articles, there are twelve schedules and five appendices . At the time of commencement , the constitution had 395 articles and 8 schedules . Article is the smallest unit. Numbers are assigned to articles. Schedules are addendum at the end of the Constitution that may further add to the associated article or describe that particular article. An uppercase letter suffixed to a number, for example, 21A makes it an independent Article whereas a lowercase letter like Art 116(a) is a section of the Article 116 , not an independent Article. There are 100 amendments to the Indian Constitut...
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