<P> According to traditional Sri Lankan chronicles such as the Dipavamsa , Buddhism was introduced into Sri Lanka in the third century BCE after the Third Buddhist council by Mahinda Bhikkhu , son of Emperor Ashoka , during the reign of Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura . During this time , a sapling of the Bodhi Tree was brought to Sri Lanka and the first monasteries and Buddhist monuments were established . Among these , the Isurumuniya and the Vessagiri remain important centers of worship . He is also credited with the construction of the Pathamaka cetiya , the Jambukola vihāra and the Hatthālhaka vihāra and the refectory . The Pali Canon , having previously been preserved as an oral tradition , was first committed to writing in Sri Lanka around 30 BCE . </P>
<P> According to traditional Sri Lankan chronicles such as the Dipavamsa , Buddhism was introduced into Sri Lanka in the third century BCE after the Third Buddhist council by Mahinda Bhikkhu , son of Emperor Ashoka , during the reign of Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura . During this time , a sapling of the Bodhi Tree was brought to Sri Lanka and the first monasteries and Buddhist monuments were established . Among these , the Isurumuniya and the Vessagiri remain important centers of worship . He is also credited with the construction of the Pathamaka cetiya , the Jambukola vihāra and the Hatthālhaka vihāra and the refectory . The Pali Canon , having previously been preserved as an oral tradition , was first committed to writing in Sri Lanka around 30 BCE . </P>
who was responsible for spread of buddhism in sri lanka
who was responsible for spread of buddhism in sri lanka
the Third Buddhist council by Mahinda Bhikkhu , son of Emperor Ashoka
the Third Buddhist council by Mahinda Bhikkhu , son of Emperor Ashoka