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... chiefs . When the gāmaņis of Anuradhapura and Māgama established themselves as kings over the northern and the south ... chief business to protect the people from any sort of disorder within the country or invasions from without . What ...
... chiefs . When the gāmaņis of Anuradhapura and Māgama established themselves as kings over the northern and the south ... chief business to protect the people from any sort of disorder within the country or invasions from without . What ...
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... chief difficulty that stood in the way of good government at this time was the lack of proper communications . As there was no way of sending a message quickly , the kings found it difficult to control the chiefs , to whom they ...
... chief difficulty that stood in the way of good government at this time was the lack of proper communications . As there was no way of sending a message quickly , the kings found it difficult to control the chiefs , to whom they ...
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Garrett Champness Mendis. chiefs occupied rock - fortresses , much as Yāpahuva , Gōvindahela1 and Gandeņigala , which were difficult of access , and maintained their independence . Another chief called Vijayabahu occupied the Vanni , the ...
Garrett Champness Mendis. chiefs occupied rock - fortresses , much as Yāpahuva , Gōvindahela1 and Gandeņigala , which were difficult of access , and maintained their independence . Another chief called Vijayabahu occupied the Vanni , the ...
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