Question

Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in _____________.
A. China
B. Japan
C. Sri Lanka
D. Tibet

Answer 1

Hint: Let's discuss Buddhism. So, Buddhism is an Indian religion founded on the teachings of a self-taught and spiritual teacher called "Buddha". Early inscriptions contain the Buddha's family name as "Gautama''. The details of the Buddhist life are mentioned in many early Buddhist scriptures but are inconsistent, and his background and details of life are difficult to prove, the exact dates are uncertain.

Complete answer:
From the evidence of the earlier documents it is believed that Siddharta Gautama was born in Lumbini and grew up in Kapilavastu, a town on the Ganges Plain, near the present-day Nepal-India border, and that he spent his life in what is now Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Some hagiographic legends state that his father was a king named Suddhodana, that his mother was Queen Maya, and that he was born in Lumbini. However, scholars such as Richard Gombrich consider this to be an undeniable claim because a combination of evidence suggests that he was born into a Shakya society, ruled by a small oligarchy king or a republic-like council where there were no positions but greatness. Some of the stories about the Buddha, his life, his teachings, and his claims about the society in which he grew up may have been named and later included in Buddhist writings.
The first evidence of religion spread outside India is in line with the Ashoka regime as it sent envoys to Sri Lanka and to a place called Suvarnabhumi, either in present-day Myanmar or Thailand. Ashoka's son, a monk Mahinda, converted King Devanampiya Tissa and other dignitaries in modern-day Sri Lanka to Buddhism.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the teachings of the Buddha, though they leave much to be desired. They are the truth about suffering, the truth about what causes suffering, the truth about the end of suffering, and the truth about the path that leads to the end of suffering.