Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Rohana was certainly the most convenient point in the island from which to operate the shipping.255 It is significant historically that Mahanaga should have thus begun his career in Rohaṇa under the ten brother kings . The inscriptions ...
... Rohana was certainly the most convenient point in the island from which to operate the shipping.255 It is significant historically that Mahanaga should have thus begun his career in Rohaṇa under the ten brother kings . The inscriptions ...
Page 543
... Rohana , too , are called Vijitagāma , Dīghāyu and Rohana . ' 11 Anuradha had a tank built . To the south of it , he had a palace constructed and lived there . 12 The great king Panduvasudeva anointed , in due time , his eldest son ...
... Rohana , too , are called Vijitagāma , Dīghāyu and Rohana . ' 11 Anuradha had a tank built . To the south of it , he had a palace constructed and lived there . 12 The great king Panduvasudeva anointed , in due time , his eldest son ...
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... Rohana ) , were accorded a place of distinction at the ceremonial planting of the Bodhi Tree at Anuradhapura by Devanampiya Tissa in B.C. 246. Saplings of the tree were afterwards planted at Kājaragama and Candanagama . The Dhatuvamsa ...
... Rohana ) , were accorded a place of distinction at the ceremonial planting of the Bodhi Tree at Anuradhapura by Devanampiya Tissa in B.C. 246. Saplings of the tree were afterwards planted at Kājaragama and Candanagama . The Dhatuvamsa ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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