Dear Jon,

thank you. I now see that you are referring to a king Dhammapala (of
Sri Lanka), who gave away his kingdom.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Jon Fernquest wrote:

This king was more notorious than famous, notorious for handing over
everything that belonged to the sangha to the Portuguese and the
Catholic church (the Sangha itself must have fled, will have to look
for details here)