Consider the following pairs: Council Leadership Presiding Scholar 1. First Buddhist Council (Rajgir) Mahakasyapa 2. Second Buddhist Council (Vaishali) Sabbakami 3. Third Buddhist Council (Pataliputra) Moggaliputta Tissa Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D

Notes:

Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: The First Council at Rajagriha (under King Ajatashatru) was presided over by Mahakasyapa, where the Ananda recited the Suttas and Upali recited the Vinaya.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Second Council at Vaishali (under King Kalasoka) was presided over by Sabbakami to settle disputed monastic practices (Ten Points).
Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Third Council at Pataliputra (under King Ashoka) was presided over by Moggaliputta Tissa, who authored the Kathavatthu and finalized the Abhidhamma Pitaka.