GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Gautma Buddha’s mother ‘Mahamaya’ belongs to which tribe?
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Pala
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Gupta
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Kushan
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Koliya
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Koliya. Gautama Buddha’s mother ‘Mahamaya’ belonged to the Koliya tribe and she married Suddhodhana, who was a king of the Sakya clan . The Sakya and Koliya ruled on opposite banks of the Rohini river in the current Rupendehi District of Lumbini, Nepal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Siddhartha was born near Nepal into the warrior caste. His father was a tribal chief of the powerful Sakya clan. Many accounts call Siddartha Gautama a prince.
Detailed explanation-3: -Siddhartha’s family was of the Gautama clan. His mother, Queen Mahamaya, gave birth to him in the park of Lumbini, in what is now southern Nepal.
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