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Buddha's message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through central Asia to China, Korea and Japan and through Sri Lanka, across the seas to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Historians have tried to reconstruct details of his life from Buddhist texts and hagiographies.

According to these traditions, Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan. He had a sheltered upbringing. His first journey into the world outside was traumatic. Abandoning extreme methods, he meditated and attained enlightenment and known as the Buddha.

Which among the following is not the source to reconstruct the details of Buddha's life?

Mahabharata

The correct answer is Option (4 ) → Mahabharata

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Buddha's message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through central Asia to China, Korea and Japan and through Sri Lanka, across the seas to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Historians have tried to reconstruct details of his life from Buddhist texts and hagiographies.

The Therigatha and Tipitaka are important Buddhist texts. The Tipitaka consisted of the Vinaya Pitaka, which included rules and regulations for those who joined the monastic order (sangha); the Sutta Pitaka, containing the Buddha's teachings; and the Abhidhamma Pitaka, which delved into philosophical matters. Each pitaka comprised multiple individual texts. Over time, Buddhist scholars wrote commentaries on these texts.
As Buddhism spread to new regions like Sri Lanka, additional texts, such as the Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, were composed, focusing on regional histories of Buddhism and containing biographies of the Buddha.