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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 was known as the Buddha.
What was the name of the clan of Siddhartha?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sakya
Siddhartha was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan.
NCERT (2026-27): “4. The Buddha and the Quest for Enlightenment … 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 within the palace, insulated from the harsh realities of life. One day he persuaded his charioteer to take him into the city. His first journey into the world outside was traumatic. He was deeply anguished when he saw an old man, a sick man and a corpse. He realised in that moment that the decay and destruction of the human body was inevitable. He also saw a homeless mendicant, who, it seemed to him, had come to terms with old age, disease and death, and found peace.…” |