Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

Match the following Personalities in List 1 with the description associated with them in List 2:

List- 1 (Personalities)

List- 2 (Description)

(A) Queen Kamalavati

(I) persuaded the Buddha to admit women into the sangha.

(B) Punna

(II) convinced her spouse to embrace a life of renunciation

(C) Ananda

(III) made a historical account of the remarkable ruins of Sanchi

(D) Shahjehan Begum

(IV) a dasi or slave woman in Therigata

Options:

(A)- III, (B)- I, (C)- II, (D)- IV

(A)- IV, (B)- I, (C)- III, (D)- II

(A)- III, (B)- IV, (C)- II, (D)- I

(A)- II, (B)- IV, (C)- I, (D)- III

Correct Answer:

(A)- II, (B)- IV, (C)- I, (D)- III

Explanation:

In a Prakrit text named the Uttaradhyayana Sutta, recounts the account of Queen Kamalavati's endeavor to convince her spouse to embrace a life of renunciation.

The narrative of Therigata introduces ‘Punna’, a dasi or slave woman, who regularly visited the river every morning to fetch water for her master's household. During her visits, she frequently observed a Brahmana engaging in his bathing rituals.

Initially, the sangha comprised only men, but eventually, the admission of women followed. According to Buddhist scriptures, Ananda, a close disciple of the Buddha, played a crucial role in facilitating this change, persuading the Buddha to admit women into the sangha. Mahapajapati Gotami, the Buddha's foster mother, held the distinction of being the first woman to receive ordination as a bhikkhuni.

The historical account of these remarkable ruins of Sanchi and their exploration has been preserved in the book "Taj-ul Iqbal Tarikh Bhopal" by Shahjehan Begum, the Nawab of Bhopal (ruled 1868-1901), and translated by H.D. Barstow in 1876.