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² In the fifth century B.C. Vijaya, the son of Sinhabahu, a King of Magadha, is said to have been exiled by his father for many acts of fraud and violence, and this Prince came by sea to Ceylon, conquered the island and founded a dynasty of kings. Ceylon was converted into Buddhism in the third century B.C. by the missionaries sent by King Asoka under the leadership of his monk brother Mahendra who spent the rest of his life there.