buddhism jainism & religious movement quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Kanishka’s coins portray images of Indian, Greek, Iranian and even Sumero-Elamite divinities, demonstrating the religious syncretism in his beliefs. The Buddhist coins of Kanishka are comparatively rare. Several coins show Kanishka on the obverse and the Buddha standing on the reverse, in Hellenistic style.

Answer: (d)

The Buddhists began to adopt Sanskrit, the language of the elite. Moreover, the attack of the Huns in the 5th and 6th centuries and the Turkish invaders in the 12th century destroyed the monasteries.

All these factors contributed to the decline of Buddhism in India.

Answer: (d)

The Kalpa Sutra is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras. Bhadrabahu is considered the author of the text and it is traditionally said to have been composed about one hundred and fifty years after Nirvana of Mahavira.

Answer: (b)

Lord Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at Kushinagar, the mortal remains of Tathagat were kept in the ‘parliament house’, of the Republic of Mallas.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Buddha Charita (Acts of the Buddha) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit Mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Asvaghosa, composed in the early second century CE.