A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... ancient place - names . Above all , they are the best evidence of the reliability of the chronicles because , over and over again , they corroborate statements made in the literary sources . Archaeological Sources In modern times ...
... ancient place - names . Above all , they are the best evidence of the reliability of the chronicles because , over and over again , they corroborate statements made in the literary sources . Archaeological Sources In modern times ...
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... ancient people in this Island , this process had made great progress , and it was on the basis of an agricultural economy that society had been organised and political institutions ela- borated . Most of the carly settlements of the ...
... ancient people in this Island , this process had made great progress , and it was on the basis of an agricultural economy that society had been organised and political institutions ela- borated . Most of the carly settlements of the ...
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... ancient times . The pearls of Ceylon are referred to as kauleya in an ancient Sanskrit text and are said to have been produced in a river near the village Mayūra ( Modaragam ) . The precious stones from Ceylon were so famous in the ...
... ancient times . The pearls of Ceylon are referred to as kauleya in an ancient Sanskrit text and are said to have been produced in a river near the village Mayūra ( Modaragam ) . The precious stones from Ceylon were so famous in the ...
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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