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GK QUESTION#2902

Which of the following statements regarding the Kushana ruler Kanishka is incorrect?

  1. ABuddhist tradition associates him with thinkers such as Vasumitra and Ashvaghosha.
  2. BBuddhist tradition associates his reign with a council in Kashmir often called the Fourth Buddhist Council.
  3. CHe was directly followed on the throne by his son Vasudeva.Correct answer
  4. DThe Chinese version of the Sutralamkara names a physician called Charaka at his court.
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C. He was directly followed on the throne by his son Vasudeva.

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Vasudeva did not directly succeed Kanishka I: Huvishka intervened before Vasudeva. The council and scholarly associations belong to Buddhist traditional accounts. A Chinese Buddhist text names a physician called Charaka at Kanishka’s court, but his identification with the redactor of the Charaka Samhita is not secure.

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