Finot's thesis on the councils (Vinaya) & MPNS

Here is the full text of an article that I find quite (prima facie)
interesting, suggesting that the original source (and format) of the
Mahaparinibbana sutta & the account of the first two councils in the
Vinaya were one and the same text (possibly "extra-canonical" in its
day).

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/lou.htm

I discovered it when looking around for a list of Louis Finot's
complete works --I still haven't found one.

E.M.