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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 LBI : No. 5 : Puliyankadavala rock inscription : Pudakana . raja .
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 LBI : No. 5 : Puliyankadavala rock inscription : Pudakana . raja .
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For some unknown reason the inscriptions of the period have the same confusion
regarding Bhātikābhaya , the son of Kutakanna - Tissa . He is called ... In Galkani
rock inscription ( LBI No.12 ) , he is referred to as Gamini Aba while LB1 No.
For some unknown reason the inscriptions of the period have the same confusion
regarding Bhātikābhaya , the son of Kutakanna - Tissa . He is called ... In Galkani
rock inscription ( LBI No.12 ) , he is referred to as Gamini Aba while LB1 No.
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Apart from the Habässa rock inscription ( LBI No. 57 ) which refers to Mahallaka -
Naga as uvaraja Nake , the son of the great king Uttara , there are at least two
inscriptons where the king mentioned as Naka could be identified with Mahallaka
...
Apart from the Habässa rock inscription ( LBI No. 57 ) which refers to Mahallaka -
Naga as uvaraja Nake , the son of the great king Uttara , there are at least two
inscriptons where the king mentioned as Naka could be identified with Mahallaka
...
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Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Turnour 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 |
| Authors | Mahānāma, 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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