Are Chinese Agamas less reliable than Pali Nikayas?

[seniya]

Perhaps you want to make some remarks about historicity of First Council here, bhante:

Historicity of First Buddhist Council

From WIkipedia, it is said: … many scholars, from the late 19th century onward, have considered the historicity of the First Council improbable. Some scholars, such as orientalists Louis de La Vallée-Poussin and D.P. Minayeff, thought there must have been assemblies after the Buddha’s death, but considered only the main characters and some events before or after the First Council historical. Other scholars, such as Buddhologist André Bareau and Indologist Hermann Oldenberg, considered it likel…