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Which of the following School of art noted for its vitality and assimilative character just because of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism?
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Answer: Option C
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Mathura School of art noted for its vitality and assimilative character just because of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism. Mathura art refers to a particular school of Buddhist art, which centered on the city of Mathura, in central northern India, during the period in which Buddhism flourished in India. The art of Mathura is usually contrasted with the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.
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During the reign of Kanishka, Buddhism for the first time went to China and from China it went to
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Answer: Option C
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Kanishka conquests and patronage of Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Silk Road, and in the transmission of Mahayana Buddhism from Gandhara across the Karakoram range to China and than to Korea and Japan.
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According to Jainis, at which place Abhinandannath attained Nirvana?
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Answer: Option A
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According to Jainis, at Sammed Shikhar Abhinandannath attained Nirvana. Shikharji (Sikharji), Giridih district, Jharkhand, India, is located on Parasnath hill, the highest mountain in the state of Jharkhand. It is the most important Jain Tirtha (pilgrimage site) for the Jains, believed to be the place where twenty of the twenty-four Jain tirthankaras along with many other monks attained Moksha, according to Nirvana Kanda and other texts.
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To whom is the introduction of Buddhism into China traditionally attributed?
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Answer: Option D
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Kasyapa Matanga or Jia Yemoteng was an Indian Buddhist monk who is traditionally believed to have first introduced Buddhism to China in the 1st century CE. According to popular accounts of Chinese Buddhism, Emperor Ming of Han dreamt of a golden deity interpreted as the Buddha and sent a delegation to India.
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Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the
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Answer: Option D
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Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the Bhabru edict.
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Who was the mother of Mahavira?
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Answer: Option C
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Trishala, Trishala Devi, Priyakarini, or Trishala Mata was the mother of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and wife of the Jain monarch, Siddartha of Kundgraam, of present-day Bihar. Mahavira was born in Kundgram near Vaishali (Bihar) at 599 B.C.
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Buddha gave his first religious message at
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Answer: Option D
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The sermon, Buddha gave to the five monks, was his first sermon, called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja.
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Buddha delivered his first sermon at __________
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Answer: Option B
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The sermon, Buddha gave to the five monks, was his first sermon, called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja.
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In which of the following Mudra did Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at Saranath?
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Answer: Option C
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Dharmachakra mudra, used by Buddha during his first sermon following his enlightenment, represents continuous flow of energy.
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The Third Buddhist Council was patronised by
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Answer: Option B
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The Third Buddhist council was convened in about 250 BCE at Asokarama in Pataliputra, supposedly under the patronage of Emperor Ashoka.