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Photo from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell 
STAIRCASE OF 1,840 GRANITE SLABS LEADING TO THE TOP OF MIHINTAEE, THE 
SACRED MOUNTAIN 
This is where Prince Mahinda, son of the Emperor Asoka, arrived in 307 B. C. to. preach 
Buddhism. Mahinda lived there to the end of his life, and the whole mountain is covered 
with ruins of sacred edifices (see page 145). 
