History of Ceylon: From the earliest times to 1505. Pt. 1. Up to the end of the Anurādhapura period. Pt. 2. From the Coḷa conquest in 1017 to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505Ceylon University Press, 1959 - Sri Lanka |
Contents
Influence of Geology upon History | 5 |
Territorial Divisions in Ancient Times | 12 |
CHAPTER II | 20 |
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Abhaya Abhayagiri according Aggabodhi Anuradhapura appears areas army Aryan ASCAR Asoka bhikkhus Bodhi Tree Brāhmaṇas Brahmi Brahmi inscriptions brother Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhism called capital caves century B.C. chapter chronicles Cola Colombo commentaries Culavamsa Dāgäba Dappula Devanampiya Tissa Dipavamsa districts doctrines Dravidian dry zone Dutthagamani dynasty earliest early Edited elephant epigraphical established Ganga irrigation Island Jaina Jātaka JCBRAS Kalinga Kambojas Kassapa Kataragama king kingdom known Kṣatriyas land later literary Mahābhārata Mahāgāma Mahānāga Mahāsena Mahaväli Mahāvaṁsa Mahāvihāra Mahāyāna Mahinda IV Mahinda Thera mentioned Mihintale monastery monks Nāga original Pāli Pallava Pandya Parakramabahu parumaka period Polonnaru prince probably records referred region reign Relic religion religious Rohana royal rule rulers Samgha Samghamitta Sangam Sanskrit Sasana second century Sena shrines Simhala Simhapura Sinhalese language South India stone story stupa stūpas Tamil tanks thera throne tradition Udaya uparāja Vasabha Vaṭṭagāmaņi vihāra Vijaya Western worship