2006-06-12 04:10:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
About the year 246 B.C., Emperor Ashoka sent his son, Mahinda, as the head of a mission to Sri Lanka. There, he converted the king to Buddhism. The king supported these Buddhist missionaries and provided facilities for them in his capital. From there, they were able to carry on their work of spreading the Teaching of the Buddha. A great monastery was then built near the capital. Later, Ashoka's daughter, Sanghamitra, brought a shoot of the Bodhi tree in Buddha Gaya to Sri Lanka. She also established an Order of Nuns in Sri Lanka. With the help of royal patronage, Buddhism became the dominant religion of Sri Lanka by the second century B.C. A century later, a Sri Lankan king commissioned the compilation of a collection of the Buddhist scriptures in written form.
2006-06-12 06:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by sista! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He sent Prince Mahindra and Princess Sanghamitra to SRI LANKA
2006-06-12 11:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by sikandar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he had sent his twin children, one boy one girl (i do not remember their names currently ), to different parts of india ,sri lanka and south east asia to spread the message of buddhism
2006-06-17 10:23:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋