A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... Jaffna kingdom , which united Ceylon politically for the first time after the fall of the Polonnaruva kingdom . The area between the Jaffna kingdom and the territories under the administration of Kōṭṭe , was divided among a number of ...
... Jaffna kingdom , which united Ceylon politically for the first time after the fall of the Polonnaruva kingdom . The area between the Jaffna kingdom and the territories under the administration of Kōṭṭe , was divided among a number of ...
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... Jaffna tradition is that Kanakasuriyan returned after seventeen years in exile , and recovered his throne after killing one Vijayabāhu who had occupied it in the interval . Sapumal was in occupation of Jaffna during the last twenty ...
... Jaffna tradition is that Kanakasuriyan returned after seventeen years in exile , and recovered his throne after killing one Vijayabāhu who had occupied it in the interval . Sapumal was in occupation of Jaffna during the last twenty ...
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... ( Jaffna ) was built in the second half of the fifteenth century . There were also at this time temples dedicated to Rāma and Punnāla in Jaffna . In those parts of the Island where the people were mainly Buddhists , there were also ...
... ( Jaffna ) was built in the second half of the fifteenth century . There were also at this time temples dedicated to Rāma and Punnāla in Jaffna . In those parts of the Island where the people were mainly Buddhists , there were also ...
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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