Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... evidence of its presence and impact dates from a much later period than the arrival and the entrenchment of Indo - Aryan Sinhala population in the entire island . Archaeological and epigraphical evidence as well as the place names of ...
... evidence of its presence and impact dates from a much later period than the arrival and the entrenchment of Indo - Aryan Sinhala population in the entire island . Archaeological and epigraphical evidence as well as the place names of ...
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... evidence whatsoever that he ever became a Buddhist monk himself . On his own admission , his interest in Buddhism had grown gradually over a period of two years and only in the third he became really enthusiastic . There is no ...
... evidence whatsoever that he ever became a Buddhist monk himself . On his own admission , his interest in Buddhism had grown gradually over a period of two years and only in the third he became really enthusiastic . There is no ...
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... evidence and later on by Chinese evidence as well . The dates which are thus accepted for the period after Dutthagamani - Abhaya are identical with those worked out by G. C. Mendis in Appendix II to his Early History of Ceylon and ...
... evidence and later on by Chinese evidence as well . The dates which are thus accepted for the period after Dutthagamani - Abhaya are identical with those worked out by G. C. Mendis in Appendix II to his Early History of Ceylon and ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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Abhaya according Anula Anuradhapura Arahants Asoka Atthakatha bhikkhunis bhikkhus Bodhi-tree Brahman brother Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhist built called century ceremony cetiya Ceylon Chapter Colombo consecrated Council Damila death Devanampiya-Tissa Dhamma Dipavamsa Dutthagamani dynasty earth edicts Elara elephant established Extended Mahavamsa Faith foll Gamani Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods hundred Ibid island Kalinga Kandula king king's literature Lohapasada lord Mahasena Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahinda Malalasekera meaning Mendis mentioned ministers Moggaliputta-Tissa monastery monks Mutasiva Naga Nicholas Pāli Pali Chronicles Pandukabhaya Paranavitana pious prince records reference reign relics religious Rhys Davids rock inscription Rohana royal samanera Sangha Sanghamitta scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera thera Mahinda thousand throne thupa Thuparama Ţika Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas