Answer:
The rigth option that fills the blank in the sentence is:
B. Relics.
- Ashoka built stupas as places to celebrate events and house relics.
Explanation:
To Ashoka Vardhana, the mythical emperor of India who ruled from 269 BC until his death in 232 BC, is credited with the creation of stupas, structures of Buddhist origin whose purpose was to keep relics of high historical or religious interest, it is considered that in one of these are the ashes of Buddha in person, making the stupas a place of pilgrimage for people who adopt the Buddhist religion.
