This post was very informative. Contained many really critical points that I had no idea about. For example Devdatta's attempts at assassinating Gautam Buddh are quite popular but I had literally no idea that persuaded 500 of Buddha’s followers from the Vajji to join him.
I also found the issue of two arguing teachers at Kaushambhi very interesting (Probably because I have been to Kaushambhi). So I did a little search on this incidence at Ghosita monastery and kept on for some time before I remembered to come back and comment on this great post.
Thanks for sharing this :-)