Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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Page 188
... say in Siam , these calculations become worthless . " " 223 The author of the Extended Mahavamsa says that he summarized the information in Buddhavamsa , Mahāvamsa , Linattha ( i.e. Mahavamsa Tika ) and Thupavamsa . Malalasekera ...
... say in Siam , these calculations become worthless . " " 223 The author of the Extended Mahavamsa says that he summarized the information in Buddhavamsa , Mahāvamsa , Linattha ( i.e. Mahavamsa Tika ) and Thupavamsa . Malalasekera ...
Page 437
... says in the plainest fashion : ' in this work ( i.e. in the Asoka ) the Ceylonese chronology prior to B.C. 160 is absolutely and completely rejected , as being not merely of doubtful authority but positively false in its principal ...
... says in the plainest fashion : ' in this work ( i.e. in the Asoka ) the Ceylonese chronology prior to B.C. 160 is absolutely and completely rejected , as being not merely of doubtful authority but positively false in its principal ...
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... says ' he , for the first time in the history of the island , made a law that set aside bodily injury as penalty . UCHC p . 187 . The Sinhala translation takes ' himsamuttam ' to have a much broader connotation ' dharmika vu hevat ...
... says ' he , for the first time in the history of the island , made a law that set aside bodily injury as penalty . UCHC p . 187 . The Sinhala translation takes ' himsamuttam ' to have a much broader connotation ' dharmika vu hevat ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
H Why Prolegomena? | 25 |
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