Mahinda brings Buddhism to Sri Lanka
Ashoka's son converts the king of Anuradhapura
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According to the Sri Lankan chronicles, the Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, in the mid-3rd century BC the monk Mahinda, eldest son of Emperor Ashoka, came as a missionary to the Anuradhapura kingdom and converted King Devanampiya Tissa. Mahinda lived on the hill of Mihintale, and Sri Lanka became a leading centre of Theravada Buddhism.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 264 BC–241 BC The First Punic War — 14 years earlier
Middle East
- c. 247 BC Arsaces founds the Parthian kingdom — 3 years later
Africa
- c. 250 BC The rise of Djenné-Djenno — same year
Alive at the time
- Archimedes (aged 37)
- Qin Shi Huang (aged 9)
- Ashoka (aged 54)
- Eratosthenes (aged 26)
- Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu of Han) (aged 6)
- Xunzi (aged 60)
- Han Fei (aged 30)