Buddha in Sri Lanka: Remembered Yesterdays - Swarna Wickremeratne - Google Books

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This book provides both an erudite and intimate look at how Buddhism is lived in Sri Lanka. While India is known as the birthplace of Buddhism, Sri Lanka is its other home; Buddhism extends back over twenty-five hundred years on the island and remains at…