Milindapanho is in the form of a dialogue between the King Menander and the Buddhist monk
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- ANagasenaCorrect
- BNagarjuna
- CNagabhatta
- DKumarilabhatta
Explanation
The correct answer is A because Milindapanho, which translates to The Questions of Milinda, is a famous Buddhist text written in Pali. It records a philosophical dialogue that took place around 150 BC between the Indo-Greek King Menander I, known as Milinda in Pali, and the Buddhist sage Nagasena. In this text, the king poses several difficult questions about Buddhist philosophy, and Nagasenas insightful answers eventually lead to the kings conversion to Buddhism. Nagarjuna, Nagabhatta, and Kumarilabhatta are different historical figures from later periods who were not involved in this specific dialogue.
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