2] Where did Ashoka sent Sanghamitra for propogation of Buddhism?
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To spread Buddhism, King Ashoka sent his son Mahendra and his daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka. In the Buddhist text 'Mahavamsa,' written in Sri Lanka, their names are listed. The eldest daughter of Emperor Ashoka (304 BC – 232 BC) and his first wife, Devi, was Sanghamitta (Sanghamitra in Sanskrit
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ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ: ᴛᴏ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴜᴅᴅʜɪsᴍ, ᴋɪɴɢ ᴀsʜᴏᴋᴀ sᴇɴᴛ ʜɪs sᴏɴ ᴍᴀʜᴇɴᴅʀᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ sᴀɴɢʜᴀᴍɪᴛʀᴀ ᴛᴏ sʀɪ ʟᴀɴᴋᴀ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜᴅᴅʜɪsᴛ ᴛᴇxᴛ 'ᴍᴀʜᴀᴠᴀᴍsᴀ,' ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ sʀɪ ʟᴀɴᴋᴀ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ʟɪsᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴀsʜᴏᴋᴀ (304 ʙᴄ – 232 ʙᴄ) ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ғɪʀsᴛ ᴡɪғᴇ, ᴅᴇᴠɪ, ᴡᴀs sᴀɴɢʜᴀᴍɪᴛᴛᴀ (sᴀɴɢʜᴀᴍɪᴛʀᴀ ɪɴ sᴀɴsᴋʀɪᴛ).
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