Ruins now being restored at Mihintale the ancient site in northern Sri Lanka

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Mihintale is where Buddhism first touched Sri Lanka and shows the changes through the centuries from ruins of the first millennium to relatively modern changes Devanampiya Tissa was converted to Buddhism here in 247BC starting the process of Buddhism becoming the island s dominant belief This picture was taken soon after dawn

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