The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... mainly by North India up to the Cōla conquest and by South India during the following five centuries up to the arrival of the Portuguese . The North Indian Period may be further divided into two periods . The North Indian Period I may ...
... mainly by North India up to the Cōla conquest and by South India during the following five centuries up to the arrival of the Portuguese . The North Indian Period may be further divided into two periods . The North Indian Period I may ...
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... mainly of the products of the land , and it was land that all people tried to possess . All payments were also made in land or its produce , and kings paid their chiefs by granting them lands for their sustenance as long as they ...
... mainly of the products of the land , and it was land that all people tried to possess . All payments were also made in land or its produce , and kings paid their chiefs by granting them lands for their sustenance as long as they ...
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... mainly as a result of disagreements among its members with regard to rules of discipline . It evolved new doctrines which led to much controversy . It made an attempt to make Buddhism something more than a mere system of morality for ...
... mainly as a result of disagreements among its members with regard to rules of discipline . It evolved new doctrines which led to much controversy . It made an attempt to make Buddhism something more than a mere system of morality for ...
Contents
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