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One of the most influential teachers of the time was the Buddha. Over centuries, his message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan, and through Srilanka, across to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan. He came to be known as the Buddha or the Enlightened one. He taught 'dhamma’ or ‘the path of righteous living’.

Identify the place where Buddha attained ‘nibbana” (end of ego and desire).
(1) Sarnath
(2) Rajgriha
(3) Lumbini
(4) Kusinagara

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Kusinagara, also known as Kusinara or Kushinagar, is the place where Buddha attained 'nibbana' or 'nirvana'—the state of liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, and the end of ego and desire. This event is often referred to as the Mahaparinirvana or the Great Passing Away.