A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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Page 79
... ( Gajabāhu ) . Of Tissa and Gaja- bahu the chronicles have nothing else to record than their re- ligious benefactions ; their inscriptions are similar in content . But a Tamil poem , composed about the sixth century , mentions that Gajabahu ...
... ( Gajabāhu ) . Of Tissa and Gaja- bahu the chronicles have nothing else to record than their re- ligious benefactions ; their inscriptions are similar in content . But a Tamil poem , composed about the sixth century , mentions that Gajabahu ...
Page 209
... Gajabahu with reverence . But his real intentions became appa- rent as soon as he had secured firm control . He put to death all the high and influential officers of Gajabahu and then seized Gajabahu and imprisoned him in a dungeon . He ...
... Gajabahu with reverence . But his real intentions became appa- rent as soon as he had secured firm control . He put to death all the high and influential officers of Gajabahu and then seized Gajabahu and imprisoned him in a dungeon . He ...
Page 210
... Gajabahu : he did not wait to receive Parakramabahu but betook himself at once to Kottiyar with the intention of taking ship out of the country if his misfortunes became worse . In a short while hostilities with Gajabāhu broke out once ...
... Gajabahu : he did not wait to receive Parakramabahu but betook himself at once to Kottiyar with the intention of taking ship out of the country if his misfortunes became worse . In a short while hostilities with Gajabāhu broke out once ...
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Abhaya Aggabodhi Alagakkōnāra Alakeśvara ancient Anuradhapura Arya-cakravarti attack bāhu battle bhikkhus Bhuvanaikabāhu Brāhmaṇas brother Buddha Buddhist built called canal Candrabhānu capital captured century B.C. Ceylon Chinese Chronicle coins Cola Cola king commander Culavamsa Dakkhinadesa Dambadeniya Dappula death defeated district Dutthagamani dynasty elephants enemy established festival forces Gajabāhu Gampala Ganga Image inscriptions irrigation Island Jaffna Jāvaka Kalinga Kassapa king's kingdom known Kōralē Kōṭṭe kramabahu Kulasekhara Kuruṇāgala land Lankapura literary Madhura Magha Mahaväli Mahāyāna Mahinda Mānābharaṇa military minister Moggallāna monastery monks Nāga named Nissankamalla palace Pāli Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu poem Polonnaruva Polonnaruva period prince princess queen Rajarata Rayigama referred reign of Parakramabahu religious restored royal Ruhuna ruled ruler Sangha Sanskrit Sapumal Sena senapati sent shrines Sinhalese army Sinhalese king soldiers South India sovereignty stone stupa stūpas Tamil tank temple territory thera throne Tissa took Tooth Relic troops vihāra Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vikramabahu Vira Yakṣas Yapavuva