Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... period prior to the reign of Dutthagamani is attributed by modern scholars - in Sri Lanka and abroad - to Wilhelm Geiger on account of section 4 of his Introduction , Turnour's analysis merits reproduction : " In regard to the 236 years ...
... period prior to the reign of Dutthagamani is attributed by modern scholars - in Sri Lanka and abroad - to Wilhelm Geiger on account of section 4 of his Introduction , Turnour's analysis merits reproduction : " In regard to the 236 years ...
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... period . Inscriptions Nos . 2 and 31 record royal donations of two caves . The same caves are later donated by ... period in which the earliest form of the Brahmi script was still current ....... But such a period of neglect or partial ...
... period . Inscriptions Nos . 2 and 31 record royal donations of two caves . The same caves are later donated by ... period in which the earliest form of the Brahmi script was still current ....... But such a period of neglect or partial ...
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... period of ninety - two years ! We see clearly that also in the period between Devanampiyatissa and Dutthagamani there were still gaps in the tradition which were filled in with fictitious construction . For the line of Devanampiyatissa ...
... period of ninety - two years ! We see clearly that also in the period between Devanampiyatissa and Dutthagamani there were still gaps in the tradition which were filled in with fictitious construction . For the line of Devanampiyatissa ...
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency J R Jayewardene | 5 |
A Double Anniversary Why Another Translation? | 11 |
Chapter | 27 |
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