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... Muslims who led by Malik Kāfūr defeated Vīra and placed him on the throne . These events helped king Kulasekhara of ... Muslim invasions , there arose another Hindu empire which preserved the ancient Indian civilisation until it was ...
... Muslims who led by Malik Kāfūr defeated Vīra and placed him on the throne . These events helped king Kulasekhara of ... Muslim invasions , there arose another Hindu empire which preserved the ancient Indian civilisation until it was ...
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... Muslim conquest of Pāṇḍya in 1310 and the subsequent troubles in that kingdom as well as in the Sinhalese kingdom gave the Tamil ruler an opportunity of asserting himself , and he seems to have extended his boundaries at the expense of ...
... Muslim conquest of Pāṇḍya in 1310 and the subsequent troubles in that kingdom as well as in the Sinhalese kingdom gave the Tamil ruler an opportunity of asserting himself , and he seems to have extended his boundaries at the expense of ...
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... Muslims is not much less than that of the Christians . Though agriculture is carried on to - day more for commercial purposes , rice - cultivation is still the occupation of a large number of people . Though the railway , the motor ...
... Muslims is not much less than that of the Christians . Though agriculture is carried on to - day more for commercial purposes , rice - cultivation is still the occupation of a large number of people . Though the railway , the motor ...
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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