UPSC CDS 1 2018 GK Paper

- Mahavamsa
- History of Buddhist Snaga which is a part of Mahavamsa contains text about Ashoka.
- Mahavamsa is written in the form of a poem, which is divided into 4 parts.
- The epic Buddhist poem 'Mahavamsa', composed by a Buddhist monk in the sixth century AD contains several references to the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka.
Hence, Option 4 is correct.
- It is written in the Pali language, an early language used mostly in Buddhist scriptures and texts.