SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 40

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Kushana

The greatest king of the Kushan dynasty, Kanishka, reigned over Afghanistan, parts of Central Asia north of the Kashmir region, and the northern half of the Indian subcontinent.

• He was a devoted Buddhist patron.It was well known that Kanishka supported Mahayana Buddhism.
• Kanishka was deeply sorry for his previous life.
• Asvaghosha, the philosopher, assisted him in becoming a Buddhist because of this.
• The primary Buddhist texts and precepts of early Buddhism are upheld by the Mahayana sect.
• Kanishka assisted in bringing Buddhism to China by way of the Karakoram mountain region.
• He created the Silk Road as well.
• Buddhist texts were translated from Prakrit to Sanskrit during the fourth Buddhist Council, which he established in Kashmir while serving as its leader.