UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2022 · Q2(c) · 15 marks
Though some of the ideas of Buddhism may have had their origin in Vedic-Upanishadic traditions but it was an altogether new religion with its own specific principles and institutions. Discuss.
- Chapter
- Period of Mahajanapadas
- Topic
- Buddhism
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