Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below them:
List I List II
A. Nagarjuna 1. Founder of Kalmukha Sect
B. Lakulisha 2. Founder of Vira Saivism
C. Sankara 3. Founder of Advaita philosophy
D. Basava 4. Founder of Madhyamika
  5. Propagator of Pasupata Sect
     A B C D

Answer: 4 5 3 2
Notes: • Nagarjuna is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. Along with his disciple Aryadeva, he is considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism.
• Lakulisha was a prominent Shaivite revivalist, reformist and preceptor of the doctrine of the Pashupatas, one of the oldest sects of Shaivism. According to some scholars, Lakulisha is the founder of the Pashupata sect.
• Advaita Philosophy was founded by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Advaita mainly preaches us that , God is only one , it's only that we refer God with different names
• Basava was born in 1105 CE in the town of Basavan bagewadi in north Karnataka, to Madarasa and Madalambike, a Kannada Brahmin family devoted to Hindu deity Shiva. He was named Basava, a Kannada form of the Sanskrit Vrishabha in honor of Nandi bull and the local Shaivism tradition. He founded Vira saivism tradition.

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