The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... inscriptions of Ceylon , which are yet to be seen above or below the drip - ledges of caves ( e.g. at Dambulla ) , and from which the modern Sinhalese script developed , are almost the same as the Brahmi script in the inscriptions of ...
... inscriptions of Ceylon , which are yet to be seen above or below the drip - ledges of caves ( e.g. at Dambulla ) , and from which the modern Sinhalese script developed , are almost the same as the Brahmi script in the inscriptions of ...
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... 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 Aśōka till the first century A.D. when a sud- den change took ...
... 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 Aśōka till the first century A.D. when a sud- den change took ...
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... inscriptions . Chapters LVII to LX are much more satisfactory , as records are said to have been kept of the achievements of Vijayabāhu I. The rest of the first part of the Culavansa consists mainly of an account of the reign of ...
... inscriptions . Chapters LVII to LX are much more satisfactory , as records are said to have been kept of the achievements of Vijayabāhu I. The rest of the first part of the Culavansa consists mainly of an account of the reign of ...
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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