[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.44 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.44 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.44 - **Language:** English ### [c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.44) ²⁴¹ The Buddhist Council sends Mahendra, son of King Aśoka, as missionary to Ceylon, where he introduces the Buddhist religion in the reign of Devānāmpiyatissa.—LIA. ii, 259. MV., chap. xiii. SBE. x, Int. xxxix. - [Previous: c5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.43) - [Next: c5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.45) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.44) · Pramāṇa