INDIAN HISTORY

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Who among the following presided over the Buddhist council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
A
Parsva
B
Vasumitra
C
Nagarjuna
D
Sudraka
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Fourth Buddhist Council we held at Kundalvana, Kashmir in 72 AD under the patronage of Kushan king kanishka and the president of this council was Vasumitra, with Asvaghosa as his dupty.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Buddhist council is traditionally said to have been held just after Buddha’s Parinirvana, and presided over by Mahākāśyapa, one of His most senior disciples, at a cave near Rājagṛha (today’s Rajgir) with the support of king Ajatashatru.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was held in 383 BC, i.e., a hundred years after the Buddha’s death. It was held at Vaishali. Sabakami presided over the council.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the scriptures of all Buddhist schools, the first Buddhist Council was held soon after the death of the Buddha, dated by the majority of recent scholars around 400 BCE, under the patronage of the king Ajatashatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Sattapanni caves Rajgriha (now Rajgir).

Detailed explanation-5: -Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir The Fourth Buddhist Council of the Sarvastivada tradition is said to have been convened by the Kushan emperor Kanishka in Kundalvana vihara in Kashmir.

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