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... Kalavava Tank— which dammed up the Kala Oya, from which a channel bore the water to the royal capital fifty miles away. In his youth Dhatusena had been for a time a religieux, and while he was at his meditations he was disturbed by ...
... Kalavava Tank— which dammed up the Kala Oya, from which a channel bore the water to the royal capital fifty miles away. In his youth Dhatusena had been for a time a religieux, and while he was at his meditations he was disturbed by ...
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... Kalavava reservoir which fed the tanks at Anuradhapura and its environs by means of the Jayaganga canal whose course was 54 miles long , irrigating on the way an area about 180 square miles . 44 In the subsequent three centuries- the ...
... Kalavava reservoir which fed the tanks at Anuradhapura and its environs by means of the Jayaganga canal whose course was 54 miles long , irrigating on the way an area about 180 square miles . 44 In the subsequent three centuries- the ...
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... Kalavava, which was expected to irrigate 9,305.8 hectares of land. At the same time, improved communications, the completion of the northern road connecting Jaffna with Kandy and the road to Trincomalee through Tamankaduva reduced the ...
... Kalavava, which was expected to irrigate 9,305.8 hectares of land. At the same time, improved communications, the completion of the northern road connecting Jaffna with Kandy and the road to Trincomalee through Tamankaduva reduced the ...
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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