Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka: Chapters One to Thirty-seven : an Annotated New Translation with Prolegomena |
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... say of Asoka ( See D.15 . 93-95 and 16. 1-7 ) as regards his attachment to the Bodhi - sapling that was despatched to Sri Lanka ; the Dipavamsa says , “ The prince cried , shed tears and looked at it ” . ( D.16 7 ) . Again , the ...
... say of Asoka ( See D.15 . 93-95 and 16. 1-7 ) as regards his attachment to the Bodhi - sapling that was despatched to Sri Lanka ; the Dipavamsa says , “ The prince cried , shed tears and looked at it ” . ( D.16 7 ) . Again , the ...
Page 437
... says in the plainest fashion : ' in this work ( i.e. in the Asoka ) the Ceylonese chronology prior to B.C. 160 is absolutely and completely rejected , as being not merely of doubtful authority but positively false in its principal ...
... says in the plainest fashion : ' in this work ( i.e. in the Asoka ) the Ceylonese chronology prior to B.C. 160 is absolutely and completely rejected , as being not merely of doubtful authority but positively false in its principal ...
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... says " Kottha - namakam malayam “ , Malaya named Koṭṭha , which is identified with modern Kotmale . But Nicholas says , " It is not at all certain that this name refers to modern Kotmale " . Nicholas , Ibid p . 117 - AG ] 9 I.e. the ...
... says " Kottha - namakam malayam “ , Malaya named Koṭṭha , which is identified with modern Kotmale . But Nicholas says , " It is not at all certain that this name refers to modern Kotmale " . Nicholas , Ibid p . 117 - AG ] 9 I.e. the ...
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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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