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... called Pihitirața . It was also called Rajarata , as this region was directly ruled by the king himself . The south - eastern region continued to be called Ruhuna and the mountain region at the centre Malaya . Rajarata was further ...
... called Pihitirața . It was also called Rajarata , as this region was directly ruled by the king himself . The south - eastern region continued to be called Ruhuna and the mountain region at the centre Malaya . Rajarata was further ...
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... called Jananatha Mangalam after its occupation by the Cōļas . Māntai ( Mātoṭa ) , owing to its closeness to South India , became the most . important port and was called Rājarājapuram after Rajarața was occupied by Rajarāja I. The large ...
... called Jananatha Mangalam after its occupation by the Cōļas . Māntai ( Mātoṭa ) , owing to its closeness to South India , became the most . important port and was called Rājarājapuram after Rajarața was occupied by Rajarāja I. The large ...
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... called Vijayabāhu occupied the Vanni , the district which lay around the boundary between the Northern and the North Central Provinces , and expelled the Tamil from Māyārața . After that he became the ruler of this district and occupied ...
... called Vijayabāhu occupied the Vanni , the district which lay around the boundary between the Northern and the North Central Provinces , and expelled the Tamil from Māyārața . After that he became the ruler of this district and occupied ...
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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