SSC CGL 23 Aug 2021 Shift 1 Paper

Question : 28 of 100

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One of the major events of Ashoka's reign was the convening of the ........... Buddhist Sangha (Council) in 250 BCE in the capital Pataliputra.

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Solution:

The Third Buddhist Council was convened in about

247 \mathrm{BCE}

at Ashokarama in Pataliputra, under the patronage of emperor Ashoka and under the presidency of Moggaliputta Tissa. The Agenda of the Third Buddhist Council was to analyse the different schools of Buddhism and to purify them.

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