The Tamils of Sri Lanka: Their History and Role |
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... shows , saw the major waves of Tar immigration to Sri Lanka , we have the help of recorded histori whose authors were generally contemporary to the events recorde Apart from these literary sources , we have the information given in t ...
... shows , saw the major waves of Tar immigration to Sri Lanka , we have the help of recorded histori whose authors were generally contemporary to the events recorde Apart from these literary sources , we have the information given in t ...
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... shows a remnant of a time when the tribal chiefs were attended by tl ese personages , and doing these actual duties ... shows that the kings of Anuradhapura maintained a standing army . An inscription of the 4th century A.D. shows a ...
... shows a remnant of a time when the tribal chiefs were attended by tl ese personages , and doing these actual duties ... shows that the kings of Anuradhapura maintained a standing army . An inscription of the 4th century A.D. shows a ...
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... shows ast at the time t Furthermore , ther iry , a Tamil kingdom , linguistically different from the the Island , arose at the northern end of the country . ural practices of the Sinhalas who lived in the Jaffna ere absorbed by the ...
... shows ast at the time t Furthermore , ther iry , a Tamil kingdom , linguistically different from the the Island , arose at the northern end of the country . ural practices of the Sinhalas who lived in the Jaffna ere absorbed by the ...
Contents
Ceylon Tamil Inscriptions Ed | 4 |
The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest | 40 |
South Indian Inscriptions | 52 |
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13th century 7th century A.D. Alagakkonāra Alakesvara Anuradhapura Ariyacakravarti army attacked Batticaloa Bhuvenekabāhu Brahmin Buddhist Candrabhānu capital Ceylon chronicle coast Cola conquest Culavamsa culture Dambadeniya Dambadeniya kingdom defeated district Dravidian Dutthagamani dynasty E.Z. Vol established evidence feudatory flag of Jaffna Gampala governed Ibid Indo-Aryan inscription invaded the Dambadeniya invasion Island Jaffna kingdom Jaffna peninsula Javaka Jeyavira king of Jaffna kingdom of Jaffna Kotte Kulasekera Kurunagala language lyre flag Magha Mahāvamsa Mannar mentioned mercenaries Muslim names north central province north-western P.A.T. Gunasinghe Pandyan Pandyan kings Parakramabahu Pathmanathan pearl fishery period political Polonnaruva Portugese probably Pūjāvaliya Queyroz Rajarata records reference reign Rohana royal ruled ruler Sangrahaya Sendemain shows Sinhala king Sinhala kingdom Sinhala population sources south India spread Sri Lanka Tamil origin Tamil population Tamil speaking Tamil troops temple throne Trincomalee ulvāḍu Unpublished Thesis Uttaradesa Vanni Vanniars vihāras Vijayabahu Vijayanagara empire western word Yalpana Vaipavamalai Yapahuva