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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The name for the more mystical and larger of the two main Buddhist sects. This one originated in India in the 400 CE and gradually found its way north to the Silk road and into Central and East Asia.
A
Mahayana
B
Pure Land School
C
Sangha
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism was divided into two sects namely Mahayan and Hinayan.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the route by which Buddhism spread through Asia between 400 BCE and 800 CE? India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Tibet.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mahayana Buddhism was known by the name because the ideals it adopted were liberal than Hinayana Buddhism. Mahayana is a Sanskrit word which means “Greater vehicle". Believed that salvation can be attained with the assistance of Buddha and the Bodhisattvas. Worshipped the images of Buddha in Chaityas.

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