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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.
Modern translations of Buddhist manuscripts have been prepared from which of the following languages?
(A) Pali and Sanskrit
(B) Chinese and Tibetan
(C) Pali and Tamil
(D) Tibetan and Hindu
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) only
(A) Pali and Sanskrit
(B) Chinese and Tibetan
(C) Pali and Tamil
(D) Tibetan and Hindu
The passage concludes by noting that modern translations have been prepared from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan texts.