The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.16
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.16
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Vāśagar.¹ The Tamil lives of that personage affirm that the saint actually converted the king of Ceylon towards the end of his career. That king may be identified with Gothakābhaya, and it is possible that the author of the *Mahāvaṁśa* may have misrepresented the Śaiva Hindu Māṇikka Vāśagar as Sanghamitra, a Buddhist heretic.