Two thousand years ago, the Indian Emperor Ashoka the Great ... the first Buddhist missionary to Sri Lanka - he didn't impose Buddhism on his empire. Ashoka's state was in a very particular ...

In the third century BCE, Prince Mahindra and Princess Sanghamitra, children of Indian Emperor Ashoka, came to the island of Sri Lanka ... of living according to dharma, one’s responsibility ...

The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple holds significant historical and religious value, especially for India-Sri Lanka relations.

What would Indian history look like if Ashoka had failed to change from being a war-driven king following his victory ... Buddhism travel beyond India to Sri Lanka, China, and Southeast Asia.

After Chandragupta's death, his son Bindasara and grandson Ashoka the Great ... To further the influence of dharma, he sent his son, a Buddhist monk, to Sri Lanka, and emissaries to countries ...

The sacred Bodhi tree at the temple is believed to have grown from a Bo sapling brought to Sri Lanka by Sangamitta Maha Theri, daughter of Emperor Ashoka, from India in the 3rd Century BCE.

Two thousand years ago, the Indian Emperor Ashoka the Great ... the first Buddhist missionary to Sri Lanka - he didn't impose Buddhism on his empire. Ashoka's state was in a very particular ...