Votive inscriptions from ancient India provide insights into religious practices, patronage, social structure, and philosophical ideas like the transference of merit.
Consider the following statements about votive inscriptions in the second century BC: They record gifts made to religious institutions They tell us about the idea of transference of the meritorious results of the action of one person to another person Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2016 · Topic: Post-Mauryan Period (Religious Developments: Rise of Vaishnavism and Shaivism, Evolution of Buddhism (Mahayana), Jainism)
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