Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks. This is the first time Gnanasara ... work critical of the administration of then President Mahinda Rajapakse. Gnanasara was found guilty on two counts ...

According to the Mahavamsa, Asoka sent Arhat Mahinda to Sri Lanka, and other missionaries to several other regions ... At the request of our King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe, King Boromkot of Thailand sent ...