Read the passage and answer the question:
One of the most influential teachers of the time was the Buddha. Over centuries, his message spread across the subcontinent and beyond-through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan, and through Srilanka, across to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan. He came to be known as the Buddha or the Enlightened one. He taught ‘dhamma’ or ‘the path of righteous living’.
To which clan did Buddha belong?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Sakya
The passage itself says that Siddhartha, as the Buddha was named at birth, was the son of a chief of the Sakya clan.
Hence, the answer is Sakya.
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.…” |