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... ruler of Ruhuna . Dutugämuņu subdued many petty kings and the Tamil Elāra , and became the chief ruler if the northern and the south - eastern districts . He is the greatest hero of Sinhalese legend , which describes him as a mighty ...
... ruler of Ruhuna . Dutugämuņu subdued many petty kings and the Tamil Elāra , and became the chief ruler if the northern and the south - eastern districts . He is the greatest hero of Sinhalese legend , which describes him as a mighty ...
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... ruler , Rājarāja II ( 1150-1173 ) the Cōla administration began to show signs of weakness . The local rulers began to assert their power and even waged wars without any reference to the Emperor . Such a war was the one begun by two ...
... ruler , Rājarāja II ( 1150-1173 ) the Cōla administration began to show signs of weakness . The local rulers began to assert their power and even waged wars without any reference to the Emperor . Such a war was the one begun by two ...
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... ruler an opportunity of asserting himself , and he seems to have extended his boundaries at the expense of the Sinhalese ruler . Ibn Battuta , the Muslim traveller who visited Ceylon in 1344 , says that the Tamil king , Arya Chakravarti ...
... ruler an opportunity of asserting himself , and he seems to have extended his boundaries at the expense of the Sinhalese ruler . Ibn Battuta , the Muslim traveller who visited Ceylon in 1344 , says that the Tamil king , Arya Chakravarti ...
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