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1. 
The Barabar and Nagarjuni cave groups are especially relevant to which ancient religious sect?

2. 
Which place is associated with the first Jain council?

3. 
Which Buddhist texts describe the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka?

4. 
Who was the mother of Mahavira according to the Shvetambara tradition?

5. 
Which Jain Tirthankara is traditionally identified as female in the Shvetambara tradition?

6. 
Who founded the Ajivika sect?

7. 
What is the Milindapanho primarily about?

8. 
Which Buddhist text is a dialogue between the Indo-Greek king Menander and the monk Nagasena?

9. 
Siddhartha, later known as Mahavira, was associated with which clan?

10. 
What does Tipitaka or Tripitaka mean?

11. 
What is the Mahavastu primarily about?

12. 
Which Jain sect accepts the possibility of women attaining liberation in their present lives?

13. 
At which river is Mahavira traditionally believed to have attained omniscience ( Kevalajnana )?

14. 
Who led the Jain migration to southern India during a period of famine?

15. 
Which of the following is an important early Jain text?

16. 
Which Jain doctrine is associated with conditional or qualified statements about truth?

17. 
Which Jain sect traditionally requires male monks to practise complete nudity?

18. 
Which doctrine was central to Ajivika philosophy?

19. 
Which Buddhist council is associated with Ashoka?

20. 
Which statement about the Buddhist Pitakas is correct?

21. 
Which place is traditionally associated with Mahavira's Nirvana?

22. 
Who is the author of Visuddhimagga?

23. 
Where did Mahavira attain liberation (nirvana) according to Jain tradition?

24. 
What does the Vinaya Pitaka primarily deal with?

25. 
What does the Abhidhamma Pitaka primarily deal with?

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