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400 BCE
390 BCE
400 BCE: The First Buddhist Council at which the teachings and monastic discipline of Buddhism are agreed upon with, presumably, the Mahasanghika as the majority.
383 BCE: Second Buddhist Council at which the Sthaviravada and Mahasanghika schools separate over differences in monastic discipline; the first schism in Buddhism.