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UGC NET June 2020 History
A manuscript of the Dhammapada written in the Kharoshthi script was found from which of the following places?
ATurfan
BKashgar
CKuchi
DKhotan ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Khotan — The place is Khotan, so the answer is Khotan.
Explanation
★The place is Khotan, so the answer is Khotan.
★In 1892 a copy of the Dhammapada written in Gandhari Prakrit was discovered near Khotan in Xinjiang.
★It was written in the Kharoshthi script.
★The manuscript was broken up and parts of it came to Europe.
★Some went to Russia and some to France.
★So the Dhammapada manuscript in Kharoshthi was found near Khotan.
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