UPSC Prelims · 2024 · GS Paper I · Q34
With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets? Nayaputta Shakyamuni Tathagata Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- (A)1 only
- (B)2 and 3 only.
- (C)1, 2 and 3
- (D)None of the above are epithets of Gautama Buddha
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Answer: (B) 2 and 3 only.
- Subject
- History, Ancient
- Chapter
- Jainism, Buddhism & Heterodox Sects
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