Milindapanho is in the form of a dialogue between the King Menander and Buddhist monk:

Answer: (a) Nagasena

The Milindapanho (Questions of Milinda) records the Indo-Greek king Menander (Milinda) questioning the monk Nagasena.

• ✓ (a) Nagasena is the Buddhist monk to whom the text is attributed.
• ✗ (b) Nagarjuna was the Madhyamika philosopher of the Mahayana school.

Remember · Milindapanho: King Menander (Milinda) and the monk Nagasena.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 9 Understanding Society: India and Beyond, Ch 5 (practise this chapter)

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