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... Mahasen ( A.D. 274-302 ) the great builder of tanks , who was the first to work against the bhikshus of the Thēravāda community and to support the sects that opposed them . This period is marked by four South Indian invasions , but , in ...
... Mahasen ( A.D. 274-302 ) the great builder of tanks , who was the first to work against the bhikshus of the Thēravāda community and to support the sects that opposed them . This period is marked by four South Indian invasions , but , in ...
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... Mahasen must have led to great progress in agri- culture and an increase of population in the region between Anuradhapura and the Mahaväli Ganga . And the people , who benefited by the Minnēriya Tank , before long raised Mahasen to the ...
... Mahasen must have led to great progress in agri- culture and an increase of population in the region between Anuradhapura and the Mahaväli Ganga . And the people , who benefited by the Minnēriya Tank , before long raised Mahasen to the ...
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... Mahasen . He induced the king to cease from supporting the Mahāvihārē bhikshus on the ground that they did not teach the right rules of discipline . As a result the Mahāvihārē was neglected for some years , and the material of some of ...
... Mahasen . He induced the king to cease from supporting the Mahāvihārē bhikshus on the ground that they did not teach the right rules of discipline . As a result the Mahāvihārē was neglected for some years , and the material of some of ...
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1 The Island2 The Väddas3 The Peoples of | 1 |
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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