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Date of acceptance: 2021-09-20
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Date of Publication: 2021-07-20
of the time and the accurate period of entry of Buddhism into &RUUHVSRQGLQJDXWKRU¶V1DPH
Tamil Nadu could not be found in any Tamil books. While S. Tamil Sankar
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came through the eastern coastal line, and extended their
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Ashoka, evidence of erecting buddh vihar (Buddhist monastery) in Chola kingdom, more accurately
in Nagapattinam ZHUHIRXQG7KLV¿QGLQJZDVIXUWKHUVWUHQJWKHQHGE\WUDYHORJXHRI<XYDQ6XZDQJ
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avijayathungavarman, the king of Kadaram, built a budh vihar FDOOHG³Sudamani” in the memory of his
father. This viharZDVDOVRUHIHUUHGWRDV³Rasaraja Perumpalli”. Rajaraja donated the village named
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plets. In the year 1965, the archaeological excavation in a place called Palavaneswaram unearthed an
intact budha vihar that dated to 3rd century A.D. A Buddha statue in the yogic pose, roasted clay statues
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in PaliODQJXDJHZKLFKZHUHSXEOLVKHGE\WKHbhudh palli built by Ganadhasan. The presence of many
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