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Find out the correct statement

Assertion (A): Buddhism went to China from India


Reason (R): The earliest Indian inhabitants in China were the followers of Buddhism.


Explanation: Buddhism reached China from India via the Silk Road (a trade route from China to Asia Minor and India). This allowed for an exchange of goods and also ideas, which resulted in the spread of Buddhism in China.


Option b) is incorrect because A is right (explained above). R is wrong because Buddhism was disseminated via a trade route, not by actual Indian inhabitants in China.


Option c) is incorrect because while A is correct, R is not (explained above).


Option d) is incorrect because A is not wrong, and R, while not strictly the correct answer, is not irrelevant, and may have been a good guess as to how Buddhism spread into China.

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