The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c7.24

c7.24

In 483 B.C., according to general present estimate, the Buddha died and attained nirvāna. The occasion of his death was also the occasion, according to the Singhalese Mahāwamsa for the arrival in Ceylon of Vijaya, a prince exiled from Bengal, who became the first recognized king of the island, reigning thirty-eight years. He is said to have landed in Ceylon on the day of Buddha's death. The chronicle states that he sent an embassy to the Pāndya king of the Tamil country.