A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... kingdom . This kingdom , too , appears to have experienced a change of masters about the time that a new dynasty gained supremacy over the Sinhalese . In 1344 , when an Arab traveller named Ibn Batuta arrived in Ceylon , the northern ...
... kingdom . This kingdom , too , appears to have experienced a change of masters about the time that a new dynasty gained supremacy over the Sinhalese . In 1344 , when an Arab traveller named Ibn Batuta arrived in Ceylon , the northern ...
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... 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 Vanni ...
... 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 Vanni ...
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... kingdom under the leadership of a prince named Senāsammata Vikramabahu . No information is available about the origin of this prince , but his title of Senāsammata ( the Elect of the Army ) indicates the manner of his coming to power ...
... kingdom under the leadership of a prince named Senāsammata Vikramabahu . No information is available about the origin of this prince , but his title of Senāsammata ( the Elect of the Army ) indicates the manner of his coming to power ...
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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