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) Yashodhara, the wife of the Buddha 

(b) Gautami, the widowed stepmother of the Buddha 

(c) Sujata, the merchant’s daughter who offered a bowl of milk to the Buddha after he had decided to give up austerities 

(d) Ghositaramma monastery at Piparhawa

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(b) Gautami, the widowed stepmother of the Buddha 

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