Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... fact was most dramatically demonstrated when the early epigraphists working in India could find nothing in the historical tradition of the sub - continent in identifying the earliest known real historical figure who had , in fact , left ...
... fact was most dramatically demonstrated when the early epigraphists working in India could find nothing in the historical tradition of the sub - continent in identifying the earliest known real historical figure who had , in fact , left ...
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... fact . Putting the obvious fiction apart , are the statements of fact trustworthy ? The dates , the names of persons , the wars , the buildings , the social and religious conditions , - with regard to these , to what extent can we rely ...
... fact . Putting the obvious fiction apart , are the statements of fact trustworthy ? The dates , the names of persons , the wars , the buildings , the social and religious conditions , - with regard to these , to what extent can we rely ...
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... fact which the Mah . account states clearly . Thus Tissa , who succeeded Coranaga , was apparently not one of her husbands . In fact , he was her nephew . - AG ] 16 [ Jeṭṭhadovarika , Geiger renders as ' the first of the gate - watchmen ...
... fact which the Mah . account states clearly . Thus Tissa , who succeeded Coranaga , was apparently not one of her husbands . In fact , he was her nephew . - AG ] 16 [ Jeṭṭhadovarika , Geiger renders as ' the first of the gate - watchmen ...
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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