Geography of Early Buddhism c12.5

c12.5

Suvaṇṇabhūmi. The theras Sona and Uttara are said to have propagated Buddhism in Suvaṇṇabhūmi, which is identical with Lower Burma (Pegu and Moulmein Districts). According to the Sāsanavaṃsa (p. 10) Suvaṇṇabhūmi is Sudhammanagore, that is, Thaton at the mouth of the Sittaung river.