Importantly, Unduvap Poya marks the arrival of Sanghamitta Theri in Sri Lanka in the 3 rd century B.C., bringing with her a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi from Buddha Gaya as a gift from Emperor Ashoka ...
Experts say the pillars were part of an open-air assembly hall in the Mauryan capital of Pataliputra. It was here that Emperor Ashoka called a decisive meeting of the third Buddhist Council to unify t ...