Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Damila horse shipper , that the Pali Chronicles make the first allusion to the presence of an ethnic element different from North Indian settlers and the Pandyans with whom Vijaya contracted a marriage alliance . While this fact would ...
... Damila horse shipper , that the Pali Chronicles make the first allusion to the presence of an ethnic element different from North Indian settlers and the Pandyans with whom Vijaya contracted a marriage alliance . While this fact would ...
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... Damila ruler Chatta at Mahiyangana . At Ambatitthaka , which had a moat connected with the river Ganga , he found the Damila chief Titthamba both powerful and experienced . It was through some trickery , in which Dutthagamani's mother ...
... Damila ruler Chatta at Mahiyangana . At Ambatitthaka , which had a moat connected with the river Ganga , he found the Damila chief Titthamba both powerful and experienced . It was through some trickery , in which Dutthagamani's mother ...
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... Damila origin . Vatuka is called a nagaravadḍhaki , city - architect ( Cf nakaravuḍika in the Virandagoda inscription - No 1092 ) . The other one named Niliya was a Damila Brahman who held the important post of the court chaplain . It ...
... Damila origin . Vatuka is called a nagaravadḍhaki , city - architect ( Cf nakaravuḍika in the Virandagoda inscription - No 1092 ) . The other one named Niliya was a Damila Brahman who held the important post of the court chaplain . It ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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