Society, State, and Religion in Premodern Sri LankaResearch papers; covers period up to 15th century. |
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... tion , there landed a man who held to a false creed , whose heart re- joiced in bad statesmanship , who was a forest fire for the burning down of the bushes in the forest of the good that is generosity and the like , who was a sun whose ...
... tion , there landed a man who held to a false creed , whose heart re- joiced in bad statesmanship , who was a forest fire for the burning down of the bushes in the forest of the good that is generosity and the like , who was a sun whose ...
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... tion . It is very doubtful that the Colas or the Pandyas for that mat- ter , destroyed Buddhism with a persecutionist objective , - a posi- tion which is contradictory to their attitude to this religion in their homelands . In the ...
... tion . It is very doubtful that the Colas or the Pandyas for that mat- ter , destroyed Buddhism with a persecutionist objective , - a posi- tion which is contradictory to their attitude to this religion in their homelands . In the ...
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... tion of Buddhism in the island , sanctified by thera Mahinda and en- dowed by successive Sinhalese kings with great devotion . Within its premises were located the Mahāthūpa and the sacred Bodhi Tree as well as its associated shrines ...
... tion of Buddhism in the island , sanctified by thera Mahinda and en- dowed by successive Sinhalese kings with great devotion . Within its premises were located the Mahāthūpa and the sacred Bodhi Tree as well as its associated shrines ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
Geopolitical Bearings | 1 |
A Forgotten Aspect of the Relations between | 15 |
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