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... Mutasiva . Note that all manuscripts of the Vamsatthappak- asini agree on this . If this Uttiya was the successor to Devanampiya - Tissa , then the latter too has to be a grandson of Mutasiva . But the list of nine sons of Mutasiva in ...
... Mutasiva . Note that all manuscripts of the Vamsatthappak- asini agree on this . If this Uttiya was the successor to Devanampiya - Tissa , then the latter too has to be a grandson of Mutasiva . But the list of nine sons of Mutasiva in ...
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... Mutasiva and His Illustrious Sons . Mutasiva the son of Pandukabhaya succeeded him and is said to have reigned sixty years . The only national service ascribed to him by the Pali Chronicles is the laying out of the Mahāmeghavana - grove ...
... Mutasiva and His Illustrious Sons . Mutasiva the son of Pandukabhaya succeeded him and is said to have reigned sixty years . The only national service ascribed to him by the Pali Chronicles is the laying out of the Mahāmeghavana - grove ...
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... Mutasiva not given the credit for establishing contact with Asoka ? The Pali Chronicles , without exception , reserve that honour for Mutasiva's second son and successor - Devanampiya - Tissa to whose initiative is ascribed the Mauryan ...
... Mutasiva not given the credit for establishing contact with Asoka ? The Pali Chronicles , without exception , reserve that honour for Mutasiva's second son and successor - Devanampiya - Tissa to whose initiative is ascribed the Mauryan ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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