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... religious and cultural development , the vihārēs ( the Buddhist monasteries ) as centres of learning and instruction supplied a need which had hitherto not been satisfied . 8. THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM ON CEYLON At the time Buddhism was ...
... religious and cultural development , the vihārēs ( the Buddhist monasteries ) as centres of learning and instruction supplied a need which had hitherto not been satisfied . 8. THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM ON CEYLON At the time Buddhism was ...
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... religious message but also much of the culture of their land . Their scriptures , the Pāli Canon , were the first literary works that came to this country . They consisted of a large number of books and were composed in a mixed Aryan ...
... religious message but also much of the culture of their land . Their scriptures , the Pāli Canon , were the first literary works that came to this country . They consisted of a large number of books and were composed in a mixed Aryan ...
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... religious unity of the family and of sva karma . The religious unity of the family is represented by the offerings made to deceased ancestors . Further the Brahmin priests unlike Christain churchmen did not consider the whole religious ...
... religious unity of the family and of sva karma . The religious unity of the family is represented by the offerings made to deceased ancestors . Further the Brahmin priests unlike Christain churchmen did not consider the whole religious ...
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