The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... Empire , who discovered that the monsoons could be made use of to carry ships from the Gulf of Aden over the high seas to India . From the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus ( 31 B.C.-A.D. 14 ) till the death of Nero in A.D. 68 there ...
... Empire , who discovered that the monsoons could be made use of to carry ships from the Gulf of Aden over the high seas to India . From the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus ( 31 B.C.-A.D. 14 ) till the death of Nero in A.D. 68 there ...
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... Empire in the middle of the third century A.D. , there was no great power in North India or the Deccan till the rise ... empire westwards as far as the sea - coast , and made Ujjain the chief seat of his empire . Many men of letters ...
... Empire in the middle of the third century A.D. , there was no great power in North India or the Deccan till the rise ... empire westwards as far as the sea - coast , and made Ujjain the chief seat of his empire . Many men of letters ...
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... empire came to an end . Though Kulasekhara was not able to maintain his conquests . for long owing to further Muslim invasions , there arose another Hindu empire which preserved the ancient Indian civilisation until it was overthrown in ...
... empire came to an end . Though Kulasekhara was not able to maintain his conquests . for long owing to further Muslim invasions , there arose another Hindu empire which preserved the ancient Indian civilisation until it was overthrown in ...
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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