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... army of the king of Anuradhapura , in the early period , consisted of a small professional bodyguard , while for purposes of war , an army was recruited from the country . The Mahir vamsa describes 23 the manner in which the army of ...
... army of the king of Anuradhapura , in the early period , consisted of a small professional bodyguard , while for purposes of war , an army was recruited from the country . The Mahir vamsa describes 23 the manner in which the army of ...
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... army of the Dambadeniya kings , but since such troops served in the army of the kings who succeeded them , the probability is that a segment of the professional troops consisted of Tamil soldiers . The Culavamsa has a reference to a ...
... army of the Dambadeniya kings , but since such troops served in the army of the kings who succeeded them , the probability is that a segment of the professional troops consisted of Tamil soldiers . The Culavamsa has a reference to a ...
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... army came to be restricted to a small force bodyguards during the period of the kingdoms of the wet zone . More over , it is not certain whether the akampați troops referred to during this period were entirely Tamil troops . The Nikaya ...
... army came to be restricted to a small force bodyguards during the period of the kingdoms of the wet zone . More over , it is not certain whether the akampați troops referred to during this period were entirely Tamil troops . The Nikaya ...
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Ceylon Tamil Inscriptions Ed | 4 |
The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest | 40 |
South Indian Inscriptions | 52 |
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13th century 7th century A.D. Alagakkonāra Alakesvara Anuradhapura Ariyacakravarti army attacked Batticaloa Bhuvenekabāhu Brahmin Buddhist Candrabhānu capital Ceylon chronicle coast Cola conquest Culavamsa culture Dambadeniya Dambadeniya kingdom defeated district Dravidian Dutthagamani dynasty E.Z. Vol established evidence feudatory flag of Jaffna Gampala governed Ibid Indo-Aryan inscription invaded the Dambadeniya invasion Island Jaffna kingdom Jaffna peninsula Javaka Jeyavira king of Jaffna kingdom of Jaffna Kotte Kulasekera Kurunagala language lyre flag Magha Mahāvamsa Mannar mentioned mercenaries Muslim names north central province north-western P.A.T. Gunasinghe Pandyan Pandyan kings Parakramabahu Pathmanathan pearl fishery period political Polonnaruva Portugese probably Pūjāvaliya Queyroz Rajarata records reference reign Rohana royal ruled ruler Sangrahaya Sendemain shows Sinhala king Sinhala kingdom Sinhala population sources south India spread Sri Lanka Tamil origin Tamil population Tamil speaking Tamil troops temple throne Trincomalee ulvāḍu Unpublished Thesis Uttaradesa Vanni Vanniars vihāras Vijayabahu Vijayanagara empire western word Yalpana Vaipavamalai Yapahuva