Consider the following state- ments : I. According to Mahavamsa, Ashoka turned to the Buddha`s dhamma when his nephew Nigrodha preached the doctrine to him. 2. Dlayavadana ascribes Ashoka being drawn to the Buddha`s teaching to the influence of Samudra, a

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Q: (CDS-II/2019)
Consider the following state- ments : I. According to Mahavamsa, Ashoka turned to the Buddha's dhamma when his nephew Nigrodha preached the doctrine to him.
2. Dlayavadana ascribes Ashoka being drawn to the Buddha's teaching to the influence of Samudra, a merchant-turned monk.
3. Dipavamsa speaks of Samudra, the 12-year-old son of a merchant. as the key figure in Ashoka's coming under the Influence of the Buddhist dhamma.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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0,23,65,19,21,23,25

keywords: 

{'buddhist dhamma': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'buddha': [1, 0, 1, 5], 'dhamma': [1, 0, 1, 5], 'ashoka': [6, 1, 2, 3], 'mahavamsa': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'dlayavadana': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'dipavamsa': [0, 1, 0, 2], 'samudra': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'doctrine': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'monk': [1, 0, 0, 4], 'nephew nigrodha': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

The correct answer is option 3, which states that both statement 1 and statement 2 are correct.

Statement 1 mentions the account from Mahavamsa, a Buddhist chronicle, which states that Ashoka turned to the Buddha`s teachings when his nephew Nigrodha preached the doctrine to him. Mahavamsa is an important historical text in Sri Lanka that provides information about the life of Ashoka.

Statement 2 refers to the Dlayavadana, another Buddhist text. According to this text, Ashoka was influenced by a merchant-turned monk named Samudra. This suggests that Ashoka`s interest in the Buddha`s teachings was influenced by Samudra`s teachings.

Statement 3 mentions the Dipavamsa, yet another Buddhist text. It states that a 12-year-old boy named Samudra, the son of a merchant, played a key role in Ashoka coming under the influence of Buddhist teachings.

It is important to note that while statement 1 and statement 2 are mentioned in these Buddhist texts, statement 3 might be a variation or a different account of the same event. Nonetheless, the correct answer is option 3, as both statement 1 and statement 2 are mentioned in the respective texts.