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The Da Ayu wang jing 大阿育王經 was labelled “spurious” by Dao’an. Palumbo notes that the text is now lost, but a long excerpt survives in the Shijia pu 釋迦譜 T2040. He adds that the text’s narrative tells of Aśoka and his contest with the Nāgas to gain possession of the Buddha’s relics.