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The earliest Sanskrit plays were written by him. They are really only fragments of manuscripts on palm leaves, and they were discovered, strangely enough at Turfan, on the borders of Gobi desert. Who was this Ancient Indian author ? 
1. Kalidasa
2. Bhasa
3. Ashvaghosha
4. Vishakhadatta

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Ashvaghosha

The correct answer is Ashvaghosa.

  • Ashvaghosa, who lived just during the beginning of the Christian era.
  • He used to write on manuscripts.
  • These are really fragmented only of manuscripts on palm leaves, and they were discovered, strangely enough, at Turfan on the borders of the Gobi desert. 
  • Ashvaghosa was a pious Buddhist and wrote also the Buddha Charita, a life of the Buddha, was well known and had long been popular in India and China, and Tibet. The Chinese translation, made in a past age, was by an Indian scholar. Hence option 3 is correct.

  • Ashvaghosha was born a Brahman.
  • Legend obscures the man, but it is known that he was an outspoken opponent of Buddhism until, after a heated debate with a noted Buddhist scholar on the relative merits of Hinduism and Buddhism, he accepted the value of Buddhism and became a disciple of his erstwhile opponent.
  • While in Varanasi (Benares), where the Buddha had preached his first sermon, Ashvaghosha saw the city conquered by the Kushan (Kushana) emperor  Kanishka, a devout Buddhist. A huge war indemnity was demanded, and the ruler of Varanasi handed over instead a symbolic tribute, a begging bowl said to have been used by both the Buddha and Ashvaghosha. Apparently, the philosopher rose to the position of a spiritual counselor in Kanishka’s court at Peshawar.

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