--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ole Holten Pind" <oleholtenpind@...>
wrote:

>
> I intend to have a look at the evidence. The text is apparently

based upon a

> Syrian (?) version that was translated into Georgian that was finally
> converted into Greek. The Greek version has been edited and a

translation of

> the Georgian version is available too. It is obvious that in these
> circumstances one needs to trace the source of the story. My

suggestion

> would be that it came from the introduction to the Jataka. I may be

wrong,

> however.
>
> Ole Pind
>

I was told that the Pali Jataka was composed in Sri Lanka. Is it a
historical fact?

Thomas Law