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'''Tissa''', later '''Devanampiya Tissa'''(307 BC - 267 BC), was one of the earliest rulers of Sri Lanka based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. His reign was notable for the arrival of [[Buddhism]] in Sri Lanka under the aegis of Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka]]. The primary source for his reign is the [[Mahavamsa]], which in turn is based on the more ancient [[Dipavamsa]].
 
==Reign==
 
Tissa was the second son of Mutasiva, king of Anuradhapura. The [[Mahavamsa]] describes him as being 'foremost among all his brothers in virtue and intelligence'[http://www.vipassana.com/resources/mahavamsa/mhv11.php]. He ascended to the throne of the northern kingdom based at [[Anuradhapura]] sometime around 247 BCE. The majority of his subjects were Pagan, as they had been since the arrival of the first Sinhala colonists on the island around 300 years previously.
 
The Mahavamsa mentions an early friendship with [[Mauryan]] Emperor Ashoka. Chapter IX of the chronicle mentions that '...the two monarchs, Devanampiyatissa and Dhammasoka, already had been friends a long time, though they had never seen each other', 'Dhammasoka' being an alternate way of saying 'Ashoka'. The chronicle also mentions Tissa sending gifts to the mighty emperor of the Maurya; in reply Ashoka sent not only gifts but also the news that he had converted to Buddhism, and a plea to Tissa to adopt the faith as well. The king does not appear to have done this at the time, instead adopting the moniker 'Devāna{{IAST|ṃ}}-piya' ('Beloved of the Gods')<ref>See, e.g., Keown, Hodge & Tinti (2003), p. 72, entry for 'Devānampiya Tissa,' where it is translated as 'dear to the gods'.</ref> and having himself consecrated King of Lanka in a lavish celebration.
 
Devanampiyatissa is traditionally said to have been succeeded by his younger brothers Uttiya and Mahasiva.
 
==Conversion to Buddhism==
 
[[Image:Mihintale-vista3.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mihintale, the traditional location of Devanampiya Tissa's conversion]]Emperor Ashoka took a keen interest in the propagation of Buddhism across the known world, and it was decided that his son, [[Mahinda]], would travel to Sri Lanka and attempt to convert the people there. The events surrounding Mahinda's arrival and meeting with the king form one of the most important legends of Sri Lankan history.
 
According to the Mahavamsa king Devanampiyatissa was out enjoying a hunt with some 40,000 of his soldiers near a mountain called [[Mihintale|Missaka]]. The date for this is traditionally associated with the full moon day of the month of Poson.
 
Having come to the foot of Missaka, Devanampiyatissa chased a stag into the thicket, and came across Mahinda (referred to with the honorific title Thera); amusingly the Mahavamsa has the great king 'terrified' and convinced that the Thera was in fact a 'yakka', or demon. However, Thera Mahinda declared that 'Recluses we are, O great King, disciples of the King of Dhamma (Buddha) Out of compassion for you alone have we come here from [[Jambudvipa|Jambudipa]]'. Devanampiyatissa recalled the news from his friend Ashoka and realised that these are missionaries sent from India. Thera Mahinda went on to preach to the king's company and preside over the king's conversion to Buddhism.
 
==Notable locations==
 
[[Image:Anuradhapura25.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Thuparama in Anuradhapura, believed to have been constructed in Devanampiya Tissa's reign]]
Given the extremely early date of Devanampiyatissa's reign, the dearth of sources, and the impossibility of archeological inquiry due to current political instability, it is difficult to discern what impact this conversion had, in practical terms, on Devanampiyatissa's reign. For example whilst there are references to a Tissamahavihara and various other temples constructed by the king, none can be reliably located.
 
What is fairly certain however is that the site of his initial meeting with Thera Mahinda is one of Sri Lanka's most sacred sites today, going by the name Mihintale. The sacred precinct features the Ambasthala, or 'Mango tree stupa', where the Thera Mahinda asked Mahinda a series of riddles to check his capacity for learning[http://www.vipassana.com/resources/mahavamsa/mhv14.php], the cave in which Thera Mahinda lived for over forty years, and the Maha Seya, wherein is contained a relic of the Buddha.
 
The other major site associated with Devanampiyatissa's reign is the [[Sri Maha Bodhi]] in Anuradhapura. The tree was yet another of Emperor Ashoka's gifts to the island and was planted within the precincts of Anuradhapura, and is regarded as the oldest tree in the world.
 
==Significance==
 
Devanampiyatissa remains one of early Sri Lanka's most significant monarchs, given that his conversion to Buddhism set the kingdoms of the island down a religious and cultural route quite distinct from that of the subcontinent to the north. Later monarchs were to refer back to Devanampiyatissa's conversion as one of the cornerstones of the Anuradhapuran polity. The city itself was to remain capital of a powerful kingdom until the early Middle Ages, when it was eventually subsumed under the Chola invasion and then superseded by Polonnaruwa
 
==See also==
* [[Mahavamsa]]
* [[List of monarchs of Sri Lanka]]
* [[History of Sri Lanka]]
* [[Buddhism in Sri Lanka]]
* [[Mahinda]]
* [[Asoka]]
* [[Mihintale]]
 
==Notes==
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==Sources==
* Keown, Damien, Stephen Hodge & Paola Tinti (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism''. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198605609.
 
==External links==
*[http://kataragama.org/sacred/mihintale.htm Mihintale]
*[http://www.srimahabodhiya.lk/run%20vate/about%20ran%20veta.htm The Maha Bodhi]
*[http://www.mahavamsa.org/index.html The Mahavamsa History of Sri Lanka] The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3000.html Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka]
* [http://lakdiva.org/codrington/ Codrington's Short History of Ceylon]
 
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