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When Buddhism spread to East Asia, pilgrims such as Fa Xian and Xuan Zang travelled all the way from China to India in search of texts. These they took back to their own country, where they were translated by scholars. Indian Buddhist teachers also travelled to faraway places, carrying texts to disseminate the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist texts were preserved in manuscripts for several centuries in monasteries in different parts of Asia. Modern translations have been prepared from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan texts.

How were Buddhist texts popularised in China?

The Buddhist texts were translated into Chinese.

The correct answer is Option (2) → The Buddhist texts were translated into Chinese.

The reason the correct answer is (2) The Buddhist texts were translated into Chinese is explicitly mentioned in the passage. The passage states that when pilgrims like Fa Xian and Xuan Zang traveled from China to India in search of texts, they took these texts back to their own country, China, where they were translated by scholars. This process of translation was a key mechanism through which Buddhist texts were made accessible and popularized in China.

So, the correct option is [2].