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... Devanampiya - Tissa to whose initiative is ascribed the Mauryan - Sri Lankan relations . But one expression is noteworthy : Asoka and Devanampiya - Tissa are presented as adittha - mitta i.e. ( pen - pals in modern parlance ) . This ...
... Devanampiya - Tissa to whose initiative is ascribed the Mauryan - Sri Lankan relations . But one expression is noteworthy : Asoka and Devanampiya - Tissa are presented as adittha - mitta i.e. ( pen - pals in modern parlance ) . This ...
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... Devanampiya - Tissa preferred as successor to his father by Asoka on account of his amenability ? Or did Devanampiya - Tissa seek the patronage of the mighty Mauryan Empire to legitimize and reinforce his right to the throne ? Had ...
... Devanampiya - Tissa preferred as successor to his father by Asoka on account of his amenability ? Or did Devanampiya - Tissa seek the patronage of the mighty Mauryan Empire to legitimize and reinforce his right to the throne ? Had ...
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... Devanampiya - Tissa is said- to have reigned forty years and was succeeded by his younger brother Uttiya . It fell to his lot to carry out with due reverence and solemres the obsequies of the Thera Mahinda , the Theri Sanghamitta ...
... Devanampiya - Tissa is said- to have reigned forty years and was succeeded by his younger brother Uttiya . It fell to his lot to carry out with due reverence and solemres the obsequies of the Thera Mahinda , the Theri Sanghamitta ...
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Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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Abhaya according Anula Anuradhapura Arahants Asoka Atthakatha bhikkhunis bhikkhus Bodhi-tree Brahman brother Buddha Buddhadatta Buddhist built called century ceremony cetiya Ceylon Chapter Colombo consecrated Council Damila death Devanampiya-Tissa Dhamma Dipavamsa Dutthagamani dynasty earth edicts Elara elephant established Extended Mahavamsa Faith foll Geiger renders Geiger translates George Turnour gods Gothabhaya hundred Ibid island king king's kṣatriya literature lord Mahasena Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahinda Malalasekera meaning Mendis mentioned ministers Moggaliputta-Tissa monastery monks Mutasiva Naga Nicholas Pāli Pali Chronicles Pandukabhaya Paranavitana pious prince records reference reign relics religious Rhys Davids rock inscription Rohana royal ruler samanera Sangha Sanghamitta says scholars Sinhala Sinhalese sources South India Sri Lanka thera Thera Mahinda theri thousand throne thupa Thuparama Tika explains tion Tissa took Turnour UCHC Uttiya Vamsatthappakasini Vasabha verse vihara Vijaya warriors word Yakkhas yojanas