Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya
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Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya, Anuradhapura Overview
The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya was the great monastery of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, founded in the 3rd century BC by King Devanampiya Tissa on land given to the monk Mahinda. For more than a thousand years it was the island's doctrinal centre, and in the 5th century AD the scholar Buddhaghosa worked here on the Pali commentaries that went on to shape Theravada practice across South and Southeast Asia.
