Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... Vasabha would become king , Subha had every one bearing that name killed . Vasabha's uncle decided to betray his own nephew to the king . But he told his wife , who was called Pottha . Knowing the fate that awaited the young man ...
... Vasabha would become king , Subha had every one bearing that name killed . Vasabha's uncle decided to betray his own nephew to the king . But he told his wife , who was called Pottha . Knowing the fate that awaited the young man ...
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... Vasabha was a patron of the Situlpavu monastery and the find of an inscription of his at that site is natural " 285 This inscription , when accepted as giving the genealogy of Vasabha , makes him a descendant of a maharaja as well as of ...
... Vasabha was a patron of the Situlpavu monastery and the find of an inscription of his at that site is natural " 285 This inscription , when accepted as giving the genealogy of Vasabha , makes him a descendant of a maharaja as well as of ...
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... Vasabha's action : “ It was about this time that the Colas in South India were becoming strong and aggressive under Karikala , the greatest of the early kings of that dynasty ; and Vasabha and his ministers perhaps felt that a trial of ...
... Vasabha's action : “ It was about this time that the Colas in South India were becoming strong and aggressive under Karikala , the greatest of the early kings of that dynasty ; and Vasabha and his ministers perhaps felt that a trial of ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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