RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mahinda

285 BC - 205 BC

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Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife Queen Devi, and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra. Mahinda was sent as a Buddhist missionary to the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahinda has received more than 22,515 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mahinda is the 1,402nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,479th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from India (up from 267th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mahinda ranks 1,402 out of 3,187. Before him are John Berchmans, Pierre de Castelnau, Sajah, Carpocrates, Antipope Adalbert, and Kilab ibn Murrah. After him are Gaspar del Bufalo, Mario Aurelio Poli, Maria Schicklgruber, Godfried Danneels, Neferkasokar, and Wiborada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 285 BC, Mahinda ranks 1. After him are Diodotus I, Demetrius the Fair, and Sphaerus. Among people deceased in 205 BC, Mahinda ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy IV Philopator. After him is Lacydes of Cyrene.

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    Mahinda

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    285 BC - 205 BC

    HPI: 62.06

    Rank: 1

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    Diodotus I

    POLITICIAN

    285 BC - 230 BC

    HPI: 60.76

    Rank: 2

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    Demetrius the Fair

    POLITICIAN

    285 BC - 250 BC

    HPI: 60.14

    Rank: 3

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    Sphaerus

    PHILOSOPHER

    285 BC - 221 BC

    HPI: 57.92

    Rank: 4

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Others Deceased in 205 BC

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahinda ranks 262 out of 1,861. Before him are Eknath (1533), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Kalpana Chawla (1961), Vandana Shiva (1952), Guru Amar Das (1479), and Zakir Naik (1965). After him are Akbar II (1760), Salim Ali (1896), D. R. Bendre (1896), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Sridevi (1963), and Swaminarayan (1781).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Mahinda ranks 30. Before him are Śāntarakṣita (725), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Meher Baba (1894), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Guru Amar Das (1479), and Zakir Naik (1965). After him are Swaminarayan (1781), Tilopa (928), Inayat Khan (1882), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Abbé Faria (1756), and Nirmala Srivastava (1923).

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