‘Dipavamsa’ and ‘Mahavamsa’ related to Buddhism were composed in which foreign country?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sri Lanka
As Buddhism travelled to new regions such as Sri Lanka, texts such as the Dipavamsa (the chronicle of the island) and the Mahavamsa (the great chronicle) were written there, containing regional histories of Buddhism.
NCERT (2026-27): “How Buddhist texts were prepared and preserved … Later, commentaries were written on these texts by Buddhist scholars. As Buddhism travelled to new regions such as Sri Lanka, other texts such as the Dipavamsa (literally, the chronicle of the island) and Mahavamsa (the great chronicle) were written, containing regional histories of Buddhism. Many of these works contained biographies of the Buddha.…” |