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Following question consist of two statements, Statement-I and Statements-II. Carefully and select the answer to using the codes given below.

Statement-I: For early societies, historians retrieve information about elite families mostly from inscriptions.

Statement-II: Satavahana inscriptions generally end with the term Putra, a Prakrit word meaning son.

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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At which one of the following places did Gautama Buddha attain Parinirvana?
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Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
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Consider the following famous historical persons:
1. Ashvaghosha
2. Bhavabhuti
3. Nagarjuna
4. Nagasena

Who of the above are Buddhist scholars?

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Which of the following statements about Bhadrabahu is/are correct?

1. He was a Jain Saint.

2. He was spiritual teacher of Chandragupta Maurya.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

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In Buddhist principle, the performance of Sila and the achievement of Samadhi and Prajna lead to Nirvana, what does this Sila stand for?
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Which of the following statements is/are correct?
  1. The Ajanta caves have been painted with scenes from Jainism.
  2. The crowning achievements of Ellora caves is the colossal monolithic Kailasanath temple.
  3. The Ajanta caves have been built over a period of eight centuries by different rulers.

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The significant difference between Mahayana and Hinayana forms of Buddhism lay in that :