GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts are the Gandhāran Buddhist texts, found in Gandhara (corresponding to modern northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) and written in Gāndhārī, they date from the first century BCE to the third century CE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gotama. An enlightened religious leader with many followers. Also known as the Buddha, Gotama is said to have attained Nirvana. He teaches the Eightfold Path to his many followers as the way to achieve true enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the death of Buddha, the Buddhist canon was transmitted and formulated by oral tradition and after that it was written down in 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. The main division of Buddhism is Pitakas. Pali canon, also known as Tripitaka in Sanskrit, is the main book of Buddhism.