Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagarika Dharmapala (Sinhala:අනගාරික ධර්මපාල) (17 September 1864 - 29 April 1933) was a Ceylonese Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was one of the founding contributors of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Buddhism. He was also a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe. He was a major reformer and revivalist of Ceylonese Buddhism.

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