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Page 39
... Vijaya landed at Tambapanni or Tammanna - Nuwara , and whether it was Vijaya or some other Prince is in doubt , or is it the first Gangetic settlement in Lanka ? Burnouf's opinion is that Tammana Nuwara is the same as the modern ...
... Vijaya landed at Tambapanni or Tammanna - Nuwara , and whether it was Vijaya or some other Prince is in doubt , or is it the first Gangetic settlement in Lanka ? Burnouf's opinion is that Tammana Nuwara is the same as the modern ...
Page 71
... Vijaya and his followers landed at Suparaka , on the west coast of India , but because of the violence of his men they embarked again and landed at Tambapanni of Lanka , on the day that Buddha attained Nirvana . It is stated that the ...
... Vijaya and his followers landed at Suparaka , on the west coast of India , but because of the violence of his men they embarked again and landed at Tambapanni of Lanka , on the day that Buddha attained Nirvana . It is stated that the ...
Page 133
... Vijaya was so profane that no King would have ever given the hand of his daughter in marriage to a man of such evil repute . Vijaya was aware that it was futile to seek a princess from the kingdom which had given him the boot , hence he ...
... Vijaya was so profane that no King would have ever given the hand of his daughter in marriage to a man of such evil repute . Vijaya was aware that it was futile to seek a princess from the kingdom which had given him the boot , hence he ...
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