The History of the Tamils and the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka |
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... battle at Vellur , where the Cholas were victorious . It is stated that the battle is remembered long after , for its exceptional heroism of its incidents . The Lankan Senapathi tried again but the Culavamsa has it that he died of a ...
... battle at Vellur , where the Cholas were victorious . It is stated that the battle is remembered long after , for its exceptional heroism of its incidents . The Lankan Senapathi tried again but the Culavamsa has it that he died of a ...
Page 108
... battle . The battle was fought on land and from the boats of the Mukuwars . It is stated that about 1,500 Karavas died in the battle . The Mukuwars lost the battle and were driven away from Puttalam . These Mukuwars came to Puttalam to ...
... battle . The battle was fought on land and from the boats of the Mukuwars . It is stated that about 1,500 Karavas died in the battle . The Mukuwars lost the battle and were driven away from Puttalam . These Mukuwars came to Puttalam to ...
Page 135
... battle to Vatta - Gamini Abhaya . ( 44 BC . ) , north of Anuradhapura . The Sinhalese king fled the battle field as he was vanquished by the Tamils and captured in the following lines in the Mahavamsa . ( MV 33.42-44 ) . A Nigantha ...
... battle to Vatta - Gamini Abhaya . ( 44 BC . ) , north of Anuradhapura . The Sinhalese king fled the battle field as he was vanquished by the Tamils and captured in the following lines in the Mahavamsa . ( MV 33.42-44 ) . A Nigantha ...
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According Adigar ancient Anuradhapura appear army Aryan Bahu banks battle became British brought Buddha Buddhist built called capital carried caste century Ceylon CHAPTER Chola Chola King chronicle coast Cola Colombo Culavamsa daughter death destroyed district Dravidian Dutch East Elara elephants fact fled four further Gajabahu given hands head Hence Hindu inhabitants inscriptions island Jaffna Kalinga Kandy Kandyan Karavas Karikalan killed King kingdom known land language lived Mahavamsa Mannar married matters mention Nagas Nallur North origin Pandya pearls perhaps period port Portuguese present Prince Puttalam Queen race Rajavaliya records referred reign relic returned river royal ruled Sangili says seen sent settled ships Sinhala Sinhalese South India specially Sri Lanka story subsequently temple throne Tiger took tooth-relic trade tribes Vallipuram Vellala Vijaya worship