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... temples , each of which is cut out from a rock - boulder , scenes carved with remarkable skill in bas - relief on the face of a cliff and a temple of the later Pallava style constructed out of stone . With the decline of the Pallavas ...
... temples , each of which is cut out from a rock - boulder , scenes carved with remarkable skill in bas - relief on the face of a cliff and a temple of the later Pallava style constructed out of stone . With the decline of the Pallavas ...
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... Temple which he got his general to build . Parakramabāhu and Niśśańka Malla also built temples for the dalada . Hinduism received a great deal of encouragement in Ceylon during its occupation by the Cōlas , and Hindu influence did not ...
... Temple which he got his general to build . Parakramabāhu and Niśśańka Malla also built temples for the dalada . Hinduism received a great deal of encouragement in Ceylon during its occupation by the Cōlas , and Hindu influence did not ...
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... temple is the Buddhist vihārē , and the sur- rounding corridor is the temple of the gods . The Gaḍalādeṇiya Vihārē was built on the flat rock of Dikgala between Yaținuvara and Uḍunuvara also in the reign of Bhuvanaikabahu IV by Thera ...
... temple is the Buddhist vihārē , and the sur- rounding corridor is the temple of the gods . The Gaḍalādeṇiya Vihārē was built on the flat rock of Dikgala between Yaținuvara and Uḍunuvara also in the reign of Bhuvanaikabahu IV by Thera ...
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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