The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... century A.D. The Sinhalese language at this period , as the inscriptions show , differed little from the other Aryan dialects of India.1 The Sinhalese characters inscribed on rocks also show hardly any devia- tion from the script of ...
... century A.D. The Sinhalese language at this period , as the inscriptions show , differed little from the other Aryan dialects of India.1 The Sinhalese characters inscribed on rocks also show hardly any devia- tion from the script of ...
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... century A.D. till the early part of the third century Greek traders came to the island . There was again a revival of trade after the time of Constantine ( A.D. 323-337 ) , who made Byzantium ( Constantinople ) the capital of the Roman ...
... century A.D. till the early part of the third century Greek traders came to the island . There was again a revival of trade after the time of Constantine ( A.D. 323-337 ) , who made Byzantium ( Constantinople ) the capital of the Roman ...
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... ( A.D. 302 ) , was composed at the Mahāvihāre in Anuradhapura , by a Buddhist bhikshu , about the sixth century A.D. The age of its oldest available manuscript , written on ola leaves , is perhaps not more than two hundred years , but its ...
... ( A.D. 302 ) , was composed at the Mahāvihāre in Anuradhapura , by a Buddhist bhikshu , about the sixth century A.D. The age of its oldest available manuscript , written on ola leaves , is perhaps not more than two hundred years , but its ...
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1 The Island2 The Väddas3 The Peoples of | 1 |
II | 16 |
THE NORTH INDIAN PERIOD II | 27 |
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Abhayagiri Adam's Peak Agbō Anuradhapura army Aryans Aśōka became bhikshus Bhuvanaikabāhu bodhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism Buddhist bhikshus buildings built called capital captured century A.D. Cēra chief Cōla conquest Copyright Archæological Survey Culavansa Dāgäba death defeated district Dravidians dynasty empire Gajabāhu Gampola Ganga Hindu Hinduism history of Ceylon influence inscriptions invaded Ceylon invasions island Isurumuniya Jātaka Kālidāsa Kalinga Kāśyapa Kirti Kōṭṭē lands language Lankatilaka large number lived Māgama Mahasen Mahaväli Ganga Mahavansa Mahavihārē Mahāyānists mainly Malaya Mānābharaṇa Māyārața Mihindu Mōriya Muslims Nāga Niśśanka Niśśańka Malla North Indian Period occupied Pāli Pali Canon Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu Polonnaruva probably Rājarāja Rajarața Rayigama rebellion region reign religious rivers Ruhuna ruled ruler Saddhā Sangha Sanskrit sculpture sects Sēna Sinhalese kings Sinhalese language Siri Mevan Siva South India Sri Vallabha successors Survey of Ceylon Tamil kingdom tanks temple throne Tissa took tribes troops Väddas Vihārē Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vijayanagara Vikramabahu worship