Mihintale (meaning Mahinda's Hill in Sinhalese) (12km east of Anuradhapura) where The Close Encounter between the Supremely Enlightened Arahath Mahinda & King Devanam Piya Tissa (meaning dear to god in Sinhalese), the famous Deer Hunter took place & the Aryan Sinhalese civilization took flight to still superior civilization by gentle sway of Buddhism.