According to the Mahavamsa, Asoka sent Arhat Mahinda to Sri Lanka, and other missionaries to several other regions including "Suvannabhumi" (present Southeast Asia ... Sinhalese Buddhism made major ...

Part 2 of “The Nirvana Route”: How early encounters between India, China, and Southeast Asia shaped Asian civilization.

"The buildings and remains of what Buddhist monks have left over 1,300 years are now all gone," said Deungwoon, the head of the Gounsa Temple. Death toll from South Korea's wildfires rose to 27 ...