Who did Ashoka send to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism?

He sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to the court of King Tissa of Sri Lanka.

Mauryan Geopolitics

UPSC Archival Analysis

Sri Lanka was not a part of Ashoka's empire; it was treated as a friendly neighboring state (Tamraparni) in Mauryan inscriptions.

Exam Year

1997

Evidence Source

ID: HIS_ANC_1997_165 Ref: Romila Thapar, Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas