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... kings and the people . The kings at this time were absolute rulers and there were no checks to the exercise of their power ; but they usually observed the customs of the people and did not act against the popular interests . If they ...
... kings and the people . The kings at this time were absolute rulers and there were no checks to the exercise of their power ; but they usually observed the customs of the people and did not act against the popular interests . If they ...
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... kings . They did not believe that they were of divine origin or that they possessed divine powers . The kings themselves , unlike Indian rulers , did not trace their origin to the Sun or to the Moon and claim to belong to the Solar or ...
... kings . They did not believe that they were of divine origin or that they possessed divine powers . The kings themselves , unlike Indian rulers , did not trace their origin to the Sun or to the Moon and claim to belong to the Solar or ...
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... kings . The accounts of some of the Gampola kings appear to have been based on the Sinhalese work Rājaratnākara , a not too reliable record belonging to the sixteenth century . The best account of the Gampola kings and of Alagak- kōnara ...
... kings . The accounts of some of the Gampola kings appear to have been based on the Sinhalese work Rājaratnākara , a not too reliable record belonging to the sixteenth century . The best account of the Gampola kings and of Alagak- kōnara ...
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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