Mihintale (SL)

Sin: මිහින්තලය mihintalaya ‘Mihinda Hill’  NCP,  Sri Lanka From Mihinda and Sin: talā, ‘high ground, hill, summit, peak’. This is the hill where Mahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka, met Devanampiyatissa (250-210 BC) and converted him to Buddhism. At its summit is the...