Q. The admission of which of the following to the Sangha, at the instance of Ananda (the personal attendant of the Master), marked the beginning of an order of nuns i n India?

• (A) Ghositaramma monastery at Piparhawa
• (B) Yashodhara, the wife of the Buddha
• (C) Gautami, the widowed stepmother of the Buddha
• (D) Sujata, the merchant’s daughter who offered a bowl of milk to the Buddha after he had decided to give up austerities