The Third Buddhist Council is a pivotal historical milestone in foreign missionary growth. Which monarch provided the sovereign patronage for this assembly, and who was the scholarly monk who presided over its deliberations?

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The Third Buddhist Council was convened at Pataliputra around 250 BCE under the patronage of Emperor Ashoka. Moggaliputta Tissa presided over the assembly to purify the Sangha from corrupt factions, compiling the Kathavatthu text and organizing global missionary networks to export Buddhism outside India.

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