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inscriptions display a more confusing picture, even though there is no obstacle to
identifying the king so named differently with Kutakanna-Tissa of the Pali
Chronicles:- Note LB1: No. 5: Puliyankadavala rock inscription: Pi* raja. No 17: ...
inscriptions display a more confusing picture, even though there is no obstacle to
identifying the king so named differently with Kutakanna-Tissa of the Pali
Chronicles:- Note LB1: No. 5: Puliyankadavala rock inscription: Pi* raja. No 17: ...
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He is called simply BHaxiya in the DurtumaMalakanda rock inscriptioon (LB J No.
9) and Tissa in Kotaveheragala rock inscription (LB I No. 10 - Kutakanarajaha
putaha Tlsa*rajaha> and Tumbullegala rock inscription (LB I No. 11- Tisa- ...
He is called simply BHaxiya in the DurtumaMalakanda rock inscriptioon (LB J No.
9) and Tissa in Kotaveheragala rock inscription (LB I No. 10 - Kutakanarajaha
putaha Tlsa*rajaha> and Tumbullegala rock inscription (LB I No. 11- Tisa- ...
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So could he succeed in founding seven monasteries during his relatively brief
reign of six years. Apart from the Hab'dssa rock inscription (LBI No. 57)which
refers to Mahallaka-Naga as uvaraja Nake, the son of the great king Uttara, there
are ...
So could he succeed in founding seven monasteries during his relatively brief
reign of six years. Apart from the Hab'dssa rock inscription (LBI No. 57)which
refers to Mahallaka-Naga as uvaraja Nake, the son of the great king Uttara, there
are ...
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Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Tumour 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 |
| Author | 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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