Which of the following statements is are correct with refrence to the Mahayana 1 This schools consid...........

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Which of the following statements is/are correct with refrence to the Mahayana:

1. This schools consider the Mahayana Sutras as authoritative scriptures and accurate rendering of Buddha's words.

2. The Mahayana flourished in India from the time of Mauryan, through to the dynasty of the Guptas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Mahayana flourished in India from the time of Ashoka, through to the dynasty of the Guptas (4th to 6th-century). Mahayana monastic foundations and centres of learning were established by the Buddhist kings, and the Hindu kings of the Gupta dynasty as evidenced by records left by three Chinese visitors to India. The Gupta dynasty, for example, helped establish the famed Nalanda University in Bihar. These monasteries and foundations helped Buddhist scholarship, as well as studies into non-Buddhist traditions and secular subjects such as medicine, host visitors and spread Buddhism into East and Central Asia.