GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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Who was sent to foreign countires by Asoka to preach Buddhism?
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Sanghamitra
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Menander
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Devanampiya
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -King Ashoka had sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism. Their names are mentioned in the Buddhist text ‘Mahavamsa’ written in Sri Lanka.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ashoka, also spelled Aśoka, (died 238? bce, India), last major emperor of the Mauryan dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of Buddhism during his reign (c. 265–238 bce; also given as c. 273–232 bce) furthered the expansion of that religion throughout India.
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