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... sent one army from the west through Māyārața which captured Anuradhapura and occupied Mantai and another along the east coast towards Polonnaruva . After that he himself march- ed through Mahiyanganga with another army and captured ...
... sent one army from the west through Māyārața which captured Anuradhapura and occupied Mantai and another along the east coast towards Polonnaruva . After that he himself march- ed through Mahiyanganga with another army and captured ...
Page 75
... sent an army from the north - west of Ruhuņa by way of Ratnapura to attack the enemy from the rear , Mānā- bharaṇa now sent a part of his troops to check the march of the enemy from the west . But , before Parakramabahu could take ...
... sent an army from the north - west of Ruhuņa by way of Ratnapura to attack the enemy from the rear , Mānā- bharaṇa now sent a part of his troops to check the march of the enemy from the west . But , before Parakramabahu could take ...
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... sent for it in 1284 , and Chinese envoys came for it twice more in the fourteenth century . In 1405 the Chinese eunuch , Ching - Ho , came to Ceylon at the request of the emperor , Yung Ho , of the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 ) , to take ...
... sent for it in 1284 , and Chinese envoys came for it twice more in the fourteenth century . In 1405 the Chinese eunuch , Ching - Ho , came to Ceylon at the request of the emperor , Yung Ho , of the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 ) , to take ...
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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