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Who had converted Kanishka to Buddhism?

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Parsva
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Nagarjuna
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Asvaghosha
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Vasumitra
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Solution

The correct option is D Asvaghosha
Ashvaghosha was a philosopher and poet who is considered India’s greatest poet before Kalidasa (5th century) and the father of Sanskrit drama. He popularized the style of Sanskrit poetry known as kavya and eventually promoted to the position of the spiritual counselor in Kanishka’s court at Peshawar, had converted him to Buddhism.

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