Approximately in which century after the Buddha attained Enlightenment Buddhist Emperor Asoka visite...........

Bihar History

Approximately in which century after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Buddhist Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gaya in order to establish a monastery and shrine on the holy site?

100 BCE

150 BCE

200 BCE

250 BCE

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Explanation:

The complex, located about 110 kilometres from Patna, contains the Mahabodhi Temple with the Vajrasana or "diamond throne" and the holy Bodhi tree. This tree was originally a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Sri Lanka, itself grown from a what is claimed to be a sapling of the original Bodhi tree. In approximately 250 BCE, about 200 years after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Buddhist Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gaya in order to establish a monastery and shrine on the holy site.