Q. Buddhacharita, the epic biography of Gautama Buddha in Sanskrit was written by__:
Answer: Asvaghosa
Notes: The Buddha Charita was the biography of Buddha which was penned by Ashvaghosa probably in the first century C.E. He was a renowned Sanskrit poet. The Buddha Charita is made up of 28 songs recounting events in Shakyamuni Buddha’s life up to the time of his great awakening.

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