Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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He captured ' at Dona , among the marshes in the great division Kota , the chief Gavara ; at Halakola , the chief ' of that place ; at the Nali marsh , the chief Nalika ; at Dighabhayagallaka , the chief Dighabhaya ; and , after the ...
He captured ' at Dona , among the marshes in the great division Kota , the chief Gavara ; at Halakola , the chief ' of that place ; at the Nali marsh , the chief Nalika ; at Dighabhayagallaka , the chief Dighabhaya ; and , after the ...
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No.620 , already referred to above , has his name as Devanapiya - rajha - Abayasa Senapati parumaka Mita ( Chief Mita the general of king Abhaya , Beloved of the gods ) . At Naṭṭukanda near Anuradhapura - i.e. in the region where ...
No.620 , already referred to above , has his name as Devanapiya - rajha - Abayasa Senapati parumaka Mita ( Chief Mita the general of king Abhaya , Beloved of the gods ) . At Naṭṭukanda near Anuradhapura - i.e. in the region where ...
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In this epigraph is mentioned a Parumaka Data - Amatas Minister Chief Datta ) whose genealogy is given as follows :Vasīti ( Chief minister of the great king DevanampiyaTissa - Parumaka .... maha .... ametiya ) Minister Chief Tissa ...
In this epigraph is mentioned a Parumaka Data - Amatas Minister Chief Datta ) whose genealogy is given as follows :Vasīti ( Chief minister of the great king DevanampiyaTissa - Parumaka .... maha .... ametiya ) Minister Chief Tissa ...
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Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Turnour Wijesinha and Geiger | 27 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
| Authors | Mahānāma, Ananda W. P. Guruge |
| Translated by | Ananda W. P. Guruge |
| Publisher | Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Feb 2007 |
| ISBN | 9559034022, 9789559034025 |
| Length | 1129 pages |
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