Explanation:

?? Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita: The 'Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines' is one of the
earliest Mahayana scriptures. This foundational sutra of Mahayana Buddhism developed gradually
over a period of about two hundred years, from the first century BCE to the first century CE
?? There is still no scholarly consensus as to the provenance of the text, but the most widespread view is that
it was probably written in central or southern India.
?? Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita presents its doctrine in the form of a dialogue between the Buddha and one
of his disciples, the arhat Subhuti. In this dialogue "the principal ontological message (message concerning
what ultimately exists) is an extension of the Buddhist teaching of not-Self to equal no essential unchanging
core, therefore no fundamentally real existence, as applied to all things without exception"
?? This sutra belongs to the early stratum of the so-called 'Perfection of Wisdom literature,' subsequently
expanded between the second and fourth centuries CE into other huge scriptures,
?? Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita enjoyed a central role in the Buddhist cult of the books, particularly
in Newar Buddhism. This palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala tradition of illuminated
manuscripts of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita in the ornamental Pala script.
?? Hence option (b) is the correct answer.