Vorm 5. Jhdt. kimmts Wort Mahayana in indische Inschriftn nädda Sejdn fia wemmas mid den Hauffa vo Mahayana-Schrifdn vogleicht wo domjos vo Zentralasien auf Kinä kemma hand.<ref>What is particularly disconcerting here is the disconnect between expectation and reality: We know from Chinese translations that large numbers of Mahāyāna sutras were being composed in the period between the beginning of the common era and the fifth century. But outside of texts, at least in India, at exactly the same period, very different — in fact seemingly older — ideas and aspirations appear to be motivating actual behavior, and old and established Hinayana groups appear to be the only ones that are patronized and supported., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2004): p. 494</ref>