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... Hinduism just as Pāli was the language of Theravada Buddhism , and Hinduism began to influence Ceylon as a result of its revival in India under the Gupta kings . In the seventh century there was a Hindu revival also in South India . It ...
... Hinduism just as Pāli was the language of Theravada Buddhism , and Hinduism began to influence Ceylon as a result of its revival in India under the Gupta kings . In the seventh century there was a Hindu revival also in South India . It ...
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... Hinduism received a great deal of encouragement in Ceylon during its occupation by the Cōlas , and Hindu influence did not disappear with their expulsion . When Vijayabāhu I became king of Rajarata he did not deprive the Hindu shrines ...
... Hinduism received a great deal of encouragement in Ceylon during its occupation by the Cōlas , and Hindu influence did not disappear with their expulsion . When Vijayabāhu I became king of Rajarata he did not deprive the Hindu shrines ...
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... Hinduism was gradually replaced by that of Christianity . They also began to adopt western methods and customs and to lay the foundations for the great advance made in the last hundred years . There is no doubt that Ceylon has changed ...
... Hinduism was gradually replaced by that of Christianity . They also began to adopt western methods and customs and to lay the foundations for the great advance made in the last hundred years . There is no doubt that Ceylon has changed ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
THE NORTH INDIAN PERIOD II | 13 |
THE SOUTH INDIAN PERIOD I | 65 |
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Abhayagiri Agbō Anuradhapura army Aryans Aśōka became bhikshus Bhuvanaikabāhu bōdhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism Buddhist bhikshus buildings built CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called capital captured century A.D. Cēra Ceylon chief Cōla conquest Copyright Archæological Survey Culavansa dāgäbas death defeated Dharmakirti district Dravidians dynasty empire Gajabāhu Gampola Ganga Hindu Hinduism history of Ceylon influence inscriptions invasions island Isurumuniya Jātaka Kalinga Kirti Kōṭṭē Lambakarṇa language Lankatilaka large number lived Māgama Mahasen Mahaväli Ganga Mahāvansa Mahāvihārē Mahāyāna Mahāyānists mainly Malaya Mānābharaṇa Māyārața Mihindu Mōriya Muslims Nāga Niśśanka Malla North Indian Period occupied Pāli Canon Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu Polonnaruva probably Rājarāja Rajarața Rayigama rebellion region reign religious rivers Ruhuna ruled ruler Saddha Sangha Sanskrit sculpture sects Sēna Sigiriya Sinhalese kings Sinhalese language Siri Mevan Siva South India Srī Sri Vallabha successors Survey of Ceylon Tamil kingdom tanks temple throne Tissa took tribes troops Väddas Vihārē Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vijayanagara Vikramabahu Vīra worship