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Suwannaphum(suwannaphum)
The Mons also have a legend that Buddha visited the area with his disciple Ananda . He came across a promontory at the mouth of the Sittang River. There he saw two goldendrakes, the female resting on the back of the male, and he smiled. Ananda asked why. "This area will silt up," the Buddhaanswered, pointing to the river mouth, "There my doctrine will survive". Ashoka is known to have sent a mission of Buddhist monks to Suwarnabhumi to spread Theravada Buddhism. The ancient monastic settlement of Kalasa , near Thaton and claimed by Mon and Burman chronicles to have been founded by Asoka's missionaries, were mentioned inearly Ceylonese records as being represented at a great religious meeting inCeylon in the 2nd century BCE . See also: History of Burma uswannaphum, he, swannaphum, river, suwannahpum, burma, suwannphum, bce, suwannaphm, area, , suwarnabhumi, suannaphum, region, suwannaphum, my, suwananphum, ancient, suwannaphmu, doctrine, suwnnaphum, survive, swuannaphum, buddhist, suwannapuhm, sent, suawnnaphum, known, suwannaphu, claimed, suwanaphum, records, suwannapum, great, suwannafhum, nd, suwnanaphum, meeting, uwannaphum, mentioned, suwannahum, thaton, suwannpahum, burman This article is completely or partly from Wikipedia - The Free Online Encyclopedia. Original Article. The text on this site is made available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licence. We take no responsibility for the content, accuracy and use of this article. Anoca.org Encyclopedia 0.02s |