Which of the following was/were the results of third Buddhist council?

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Third Council was held at Pataliputra under the patronage of Asoka (around 250 BC) and under the chairmanship of Moggaliputta Tissa (also known as Upagupta), its purpose was to settle the dispute arising out of the rival claims to authority. Its results were: (i) establishment of the Sthaviravadins as the true followers and expulsion of others as heretics; (ii) final compilation of the Tripitakas (a third one was added to the earlier two), viz. Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka (Philosophical interpretation of the earlier two Pitakas), and (iii) sending of missionaries to different parts of the world.

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All of the above

Third Council was held at Pataliputra under the patronage of Asoka (around 250 BC) and under the chairmanship of Moggaliputta Tissa (also known as Upagupta), its purpose was to settle the dispute arising out of the rival claims to authority. Its results were: (i) establishment of the Sthaviravadins as the true followers and expulsion of others as heretics; (ii) final compilation of the Tripitakas (a third one was added to the earlier two), viz. Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka (Philosophical interpretation of the earlier two Pitakas), and (iii) sending of missionaries to different parts of the world.

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