Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... kingdom of the south . Arrian had stated that the Pandyan queen received from her father five hundred elephants , four thousand horses and 130,000 infantry . Other classical writers , too , had heard of this same legend . Pliny ...
... kingdom of the south . Arrian had stated that the Pandyan queen received from her father five hundred elephants , four thousand horses and 130,000 infantry . Other classical writers , too , had heard of this same legend . Pliny ...
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... kingdom . Either in keeping with the customs of their original homeland or as a step in legitimizing the newly founded kingdom , Vijaya sought a royal bride from the Pandya kingdom of Southern Madhura . By this time , at least two ...
... kingdom . Either in keeping with the customs of their original homeland or as a step in legitimizing the newly founded kingdom , Vijaya sought a royal bride from the Pandya kingdom of Southern Madhura . By this time , at least two ...
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... Kingdom 16 The story of Vijaya , as recorded in the Pali Chronicles , shows that they were meant to deal with the history of the Sinhala Kingdom rather than the history of the island of Sri Lanka . Hence the absence of information on ...
... Kingdom 16 The story of Vijaya , as recorded in the Pali Chronicles , shows that they were meant to deal with the history of the Sinhala Kingdom rather than the history of the island of Sri Lanka . Hence the absence of information on ...
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