Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... mentioned in the Mahavamsa . ( See xxxiii note 28 ) . Skipping over the reign of Khallatanaga with the bare information that he was killed by his commander of the army , Maharattaka , the Dipavamsa devotes eight verses to the troubled ...
... mentioned in the Mahavamsa . ( See xxxiii note 28 ) . Skipping over the reign of Khallatanaga with the bare information that he was killed by his commander of the army , Maharattaka , the Dipavamsa devotes eight verses to the troubled ...
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... mentioned rock inscription - which is the longest so far found from this period - gives some important additional information : ( a ) The tax called Kula - amaṇa occurs for the first time here . The king had diverted to the use of the ...
... mentioned rock inscription - which is the longest so far found from this period - gives some important additional information : ( a ) The tax called Kula - amaṇa occurs for the first time here . The king had diverted to the use of the ...
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... mentioned in them ( Chapter VII B , II ) ( j ) The earliest fixed point in Sri Lankan choronology 26 On reconciling the information in the Pali Chromicles with Greek and Latin sources , the reign of Devanampiya - Tissa can be fixed as ...
... mentioned in them ( Chapter VII B , II ) ( j ) The earliest fixed point in Sri Lankan choronology 26 On reconciling the information in the Pali Chromicles with Greek and Latin sources , the reign of Devanampiya - Tissa can be fixed as ...
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