Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Lohapasada and it was demolished by Duṭṭhagamaņi to build his Lohapasada ( T.p.364 ) ; the reign of Asoka was exactly 37 years even though the chronology of events as given in M.20.1-6 would add up to 41 ( T.p.414 ) ; the Aṭṭhakatha is ...
... Lohapasada and it was demolished by Duṭṭhagamaņi to build his Lohapasada ( T.p.364 ) ; the reign of Asoka was exactly 37 years even though the chronology of events as given in M.20.1-6 would add up to 41 ( T.p.414 ) ; the Aṭṭhakatha is ...
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... Lohapasada at a cost of thirty crores and the Great Thupa , for which the things he made called for an expenditure of a thousand and twenty crores . Besides twenty - four Vesakha festivals , the number of ceremonies he had ordained and ...
... Lohapasada at a cost of thirty crores and the Great Thupa , for which the things he made called for an expenditure of a thousand and twenty crores . Besides twenty - four Vesakha festivals , the number of ceremonies he had ordained and ...
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... Lohapasada which his father had begun by turning and re - erecting the pillars , Jettha - Tissa completed , building it up to seven storeys at a cost a crore . He also presented to it a gem worth sixty thousand and this gift brought ...
... Lohapasada which his father had begun by turning and re - erecting the pillars , Jettha - Tissa completed , building it up to seven storeys at a cost a crore . He also presented to it a gem worth sixty thousand and this gift brought ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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