Ashoka called the third Buddhist council at which of the following places?
AMagadha
BPataliputra ✓ Correct
CBurma
DTheravada
Correct answer: (B) Pataliputra
Explanation
Ashoka called the third Buddhist council at Pataliputra.
Magadha names the wider kingdom and not the exact city of this council.
Burma was a land to which the faith later spread, not the council's seat.
Theravada is a school of Buddhism and not a place at all.
The council at Pataliputra was presided over by the elder Moggaliputta Tissa.
From it Ashoka sent missionaries to distant lands including Sri Lanka.
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