A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... monks , one of whom was a celebrated and peerless sculptor , visited the Chinese emperor . During the ascendancy of the Malayasian kingdom of Śrivijaya , which possessed formid- able sea - power from the ninth to the fourteenth ...
... monks , one of whom was a celebrated and peerless sculptor , visited the Chinese emperor . During the ascendancy of the Malayasian kingdom of Śrivijaya , which possessed formid- able sea - power from the ninth to the fourteenth ...
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... monks and adopted severe measures against the Vaitulyas . Sixty of these heretical monks were banished after having brand marks placed on their bodies . These monks of the Abhayagiri - vihāra , who were persecuted for their religious ...
... monks and adopted severe measures against the Vaitulyas . Sixty of these heretical monks were banished after having brand marks placed on their bodies . These monks of the Abhayagiri - vihāra , who were persecuted for their religious ...
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... monks of the Mahāvihāra were lax in discipline , and that the followers of his sect , the Abhayagiri monks , were of blameless conduct and preached the true doctrines . The king , it is said , demanded of the Mahāvihāra monks that they ...
... monks of the Mahāvihāra were lax in discipline , and that the followers of his sect , the Abhayagiri monks , were of blameless conduct and preached the true doctrines . The king , it is said , demanded of the Mahāvihāra monks that they ...
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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