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... large number of people . Some members of the royal clan of Pāṇḍya1 took advantage of this situation . They invaded Ceylon , deposed Valagamba from the throne , and five of them ruled in succession . After fourteen years Valagambā put an ...
... large number of people . Some members of the royal clan of Pāṇḍya1 took advantage of this situation . They invaded Ceylon , deposed Valagamba from the throne , and five of them ruled in succession . After fourteen years Valagambā put an ...
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... large city for those days , and contained many thoroughfares and side- streets . The numerous shrines within it made it a place of pilgrimage and the residence of a large number of bhikshus . The tanks provided the necessary water for a ...
... large city for those days , and contained many thoroughfares and side- streets . The numerous shrines within it made it a place of pilgrimage and the residence of a large number of bhikshus . The tanks provided the necessary water for a ...
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... large number of tanks which had been neglected during the rule of the Cōlas . Parakramabahu the Great , when he became ruler of Māyārața , built many causeways across the Däduru Oya , and diverted its water into excavated channels . He ...
... large number of tanks which had been neglected during the rule of the Cōlas . Parakramabahu the Great , when he became ruler of Māyārața , built many causeways across the Däduru Oya , and diverted its water into excavated channels . He ...
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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