# Ajivika · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow

Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/ajivika/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en
The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden.
Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms.
Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt

← The Canon: all 125
The Canon · No. 022
Ajivika
The fatalists
c.5th c. BCE – c.14th c. CE · Dharmic / Indian · Extinct · India, chiefly Magadha and later Tamil country
III. THE AXIAL AGE — c.900 – 200 BCE
### How many
### Who began it
### What it is for
### What it worships
### What it holds
### What it does
### After death
### Its texts
### Its branches
### Of note
### Its timeline
- c.5th c. BCE Gosala teaches; Ajivikas are one of the major recognised orders alongside Buddhists and Jains.
- c.260 BCE Ashoka's grandson Dasharatha dedicates the Barabar and Nagarjuni caves to the Ajivikas — the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, and the physical proof the sect was once a state-supported power.
- c.13th–14th c. CE Last traces in South Indian inscriptions; the order dies out.
### Sources
Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source.
The Atlas The Door