Second Buddhist Council

Second Buddhist Council:

-Held in 383 B.C. 100 years after the demise of Buddh.

-Held at Vaisali under the presidentship of Sabakami, convened by King Kalasoka.

-Objective was to end the controversy between Monks of Vaisali and Patliputra and the monks of Kausambi and Avanti.

-It led to the division of Buddhist Sangha into orthodox 'Sthaviravadins' (or Theravadins) and the unorthodox Mahasanghika.