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This religion’s largest sacred complex was built under the Shailendra dynasty, and was publicized by Stamford Raffles’s history of a non-Singapore island. One traveler wrote a report on the practice of this religion in the “South Seas” after returning from the Srivijaya Empire. The Records of the Western Regions recount the pilgrimage of a man who collected this religion’s texts (10[1])at (10[1])its intellectual center of Nalanda. Pilgrimage sites for this religion have included the Javanese temple Borobudur and the Mahabodhi Temple, built near the tree (10[1])under which this religion’s (10[1])founder (10[2])gained (10[1])enlightenment. (10[1])For 10 points, name this religion based on Siddhartha Gautama’s teachings. ■END■

ANSWER: Buddhism [or Buddhist religion]
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Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State A West Virginia A (UG) 5910
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