Nyanuttara, Ashon

Ashon Nyanuttara is a native of Rathedaung (Kingthar), Rakhaing (Arakan), Western Myanmar (Burma). Fully ordained as a Buddhist monk by age twenty, he has been honored with several religious distinctions and obtained numerous academic degrees from a variety of institutions, including a PhD from PGIPBS (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka).

In the beginning of 2008, Nyanuttara began researching the history of Buddhism in Rakhaing for his thesis, which was submitted to the university in July 2012 and published in book format in 2014. A remarkably comprehensive book, "A Study of Buddhism in Arak...