Multiple choice

Who converted the Mauryan ruler Dasaratha to Jainism?

  1. Bhadrabahu

  2. Hemachandra

  3. Suhastin

  4. Shambhutavijaya

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Explanation

Suhastin, a Jain monk, is credited with converting Dasaratha (grandson of Ashoka) to Jainism. Bhadrabahu was the Jain leader who led the migration to Karnataka, Hemachandra was a much later Jain scholar (12th century), and Shambhutavijaya is not associated with this conversion.