Consider the following statements:

Ashoka has sent Mahendra and Sanghamitra as Buddhist missionaries to Ceylon.

He has also sent a branch of the original pipal tree under which the Buddha got enlightenment.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

The Mauryan emperor sent his son (Mahendra) and daughter (Sanghamitra) as Buddhist missionaries to Ceylon, besides sending a branch of thee original pipal tree under which the Buddha had received enlightenment (it is claimed to be surviving till today in Ceylon, though the parent tree in India was destroyed in the seventh century AD supposedly by Sasanka of Gauda).

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Both 1 & 2

The Mauryan emperor sent his son (Mahendra) and daughter (Sanghamitra) as Buddhist missionaries to Ceylon, besides sending a branch of thee original pipal tree under which the Buddha had received enlightenment (it is claimed to be surviving till today in Ceylon, though the parent tree in India was destroyed in the seventh century AD supposedly by Sasanka of Gauda).