Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Paranavitana was less indecisive , though with the cus- tomary caution of a historian he concluded " The assumption that the Pandyas , with whom the first Aryan settlers in Ceylon allied them- selves , were Dravidians is not a necessary ...
... Paranavitana was less indecisive , though with the cus- tomary caution of a historian he concluded " The assumption that the Pandyas , with whom the first Aryan settlers in Ceylon allied them- selves , were Dravidians is not a necessary ...
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... Paranavitana says , " These inferences we have drawn from the contents of the inscriptions mention- ing Damedas are in accord with the conclusion arrived at from the results of archeaological investigations in South India " 252 While ...
... Paranavitana says , " These inferences we have drawn from the contents of the inscriptions mention- ing Damedas are in accord with the conclusion arrived at from the results of archeaological investigations in South India " 252 While ...
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... Paranavitana , the third of the three adventurers was the brother or half - brother of Vijayakumara , whom they joinly overthrew . There is always the possibility as we have already found in the case of Vasabha's two sons , Dutuga and ...
... Paranavitana , the third of the three adventurers was the brother or half - brother of Vijayakumara , whom they joinly overthrew . There is always the possibility as we have already found in the case of Vasabha's two sons , Dutuga and ...
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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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