Contents • • • • • • • • • • India [ ] Tamil Nadu [ ] The ancient Tamil Buddhist poem by the poet is set in the town of Kaveripattanam. Ancient ruins of a 4th-5th-century Buddhist monastery, a Buddha statue, and a Buddhapada (footprint of the Buddha) were found in another section of the ancient city, now at. The heritage of the town of is found in the Burmese historical text of the 3rd century BCE and gives evidence of a Budha Vihar built by the great Ashoka. Nākappaṭṭinam was a Buddhist centre of the 4th-5th century CE. Its dates from this era. Buddhism disappeared from this city as of an unknown date but was revived as of the 9th century. (H.P.Ray, The Winds of Change, Delhi 1994, p. 142) In the 11th century, was built by the Javanese king Sri Vijaya Soolamanivarman with the patronage of.