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... Vihara which had sustained damage during Tamil domination . Lankapura defeated a Damila ( Tamil ) army and proceeded to Kundukala and built a fortress with a high wall 3600 feet long and dug trenches so that the sea flowed from one side ...
... Vihara which had sustained damage during Tamil domination . Lankapura defeated a Damila ( Tamil ) army and proceeded to Kundukala and built a fortress with a high wall 3600 feet long and dug trenches so that the sea flowed from one side ...
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... vihara ( Seygiri ) Caityagiri at Mihintale . 115. Inscription ' Ellawa Pansala ' ' Hail Sirisangaboy who descended from a line of kings of the Ikswaku family Kalinga .. who in the 9th year of his reign ransacked the kingdom of Pandi and ...
... vihara ( Seygiri ) Caityagiri at Mihintale . 115. Inscription ' Ellawa Pansala ' ' Hail Sirisangaboy who descended from a line of kings of the Ikswaku family Kalinga .. who in the 9th year of his reign ransacked the kingdom of Pandi and ...
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... Vihara is available but not the translation of the TAMIL text of the said inscriptions . His books have been put out by the Government of Ceylon as Commissioner of Archaeology and it is pretty obvious that it has been censored for ...
... Vihara is available but not the translation of the TAMIL text of the said inscriptions . His books have been put out by the Government of Ceylon as Commissioner of Archaeology and it is pretty obvious that it has been censored for ...
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