RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mahinda

285 BC - 205 BC

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Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife Queen Devi, and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra. Mahinda was sent as a Buddhist missionary to the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka. Mahinda attained arhatship and resided at Mihintale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahinda is the 813th most popular religious figure (up from 1,402nd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from India (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mahinda ranks 813 out of 3,187. Before him are Papias of Hierapolis, Roger Etchegaray, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Haran, Ibrahim ibn Adham, and Giuseppe Siri. After him are John of Ávila, Blessed Gerard, Thomas Wolsey, Catherine of Vadstena, Agabus, and Margot Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 285 BC, Mahinda ranks 1. After him are Diodotus I, Demetrius the Fair, and Sphaerus. Among people deceased in 205 BC, Mahinda ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy IV Philopator. After him is Lacydes of Cyrene.

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    Mahinda

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    285 BC - 205 BC

    HPI: 69.02

    Rank: 1

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    Diodotus I

    POLITICIAN

    285 BC - 230 BC

    HPI: 62.13

    Rank: 2

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    Demetrius the Fair

    POLITICIAN

    285 BC - 250 BC

    HPI: 60.80

    Rank: 3

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    Sphaerus

    PHILOSOPHER

    285 BC - 221 BC

    HPI: 56.35

    Rank: 4

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahinda ranks 138 out of 1,861. Before him are Kim Philby (1912), Radha (null), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Ramanuja (1017), Rajendra Chola I (1000), and Cliff Richard (1940). After him are Vātsyāyana (300), Nathuram Godse (1910), Sambhaji (1657), Sanghamitta (-281), Chandrakirti (600), and Akshay Kumar (1967).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Mahinda ranks 13. Before him are Mahākāśyapa (-550), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), and Radha (null). After him are Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Guru Arjan (1563), Guru Angad (1504), Ravi Shankar (1956), George Alencherry (1945), and Anthony de Mello (1931).

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