Voices from Ancient Sri LankaFictionalized speeches of kings and national heroes of Sri Lanka, 5th century B.C.-4th century A.D.; drawn from the Mahāvaṃśa and Dīpavaṃśa, Buddhist canonical texts. |
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... Anuradhapura for twenty - two years . The precarious independence and sovereignty which my youngest great - grand- uncle , King Asela , won from them lasted just a decade . Both these invasions were immediately after two major ...
... Anuradhapura for twenty - two years . The precarious independence and sovereignty which my youngest great - grand- uncle , King Asela , won from them lasted just a decade . Both these invasions were immediately after two major ...
Page 73
... Anuradhapura and Cetiyapabbata , was so successful that the project was expanded to include a full- fledged monastery around it . I was pleased to find that this project not only provided employment to hundreds of masons , carpenters ...
... Anuradhapura and Cetiyapabbata , was so successful that the project was expanded to include a full- fledged monastery around it . I was pleased to find that this project not only provided employment to hundreds of masons , carpenters ...
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... Anuradhapura ( i.e. Anuradha - town ) . Ptolemy knew it as Anuradhagama . a saint ; the state of highest spiritual attainment in Buddhism . Ritigala close to Anuradhapura . a sub - family of the Indo - European family of languages ...
... Anuradhapura ( i.e. Anuradha - town ) . Ptolemy knew it as Anuradhagama . a saint ; the state of highest spiritual attainment in Buddhism . Ritigala close to Anuradhapura . a sub - family of the Indo - European family of languages ...
Contents
King Vijayas Last Address to the Founding Fathers | 1 |
Pandukabhaya Presents His TenYear Programme of Town | 15 |
King Uttiyas Funeral Oration at the Cremation of the Mahathera | 29 |
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