Question

 Mother of Gautma Buddha ‘Mahamaya’ belongs to which tribe?
1. Koliya
2. Kushan
3. Pala
4. Gupta

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Koliya

The correct answer is Koliya.

• Gautama Buddha’s mother ‘Mahamaya’ belonged to the Koliya tribe and she married Suddhodhana, who was a king of the Sakya clan.
• The Sakya and Koliya ruled on opposite banks of the Rohini river in the current Rupendehi District of Lumbini, Nepal. Both of them were republics.

• Scholars generally agree that most Buddhist literature holds that Maya died seven days after the birth of Buddha, and was then reborn in the Tavatimsa Heaven, where the Buddha later preached the Abhidharma to her.
• Her sister Mahapajapati Gotami became the child's foster mother.