A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... named Panduvasudeva , whose mother was a princess of the Maddas , a Kṣatriya clan in the Punjab . Vijaya passed away before Paṇḍuvasudeva arrived in Ceylon , and the government was administered for an year by the purohita Brahmin named ...
... named Panduvasudeva , whose mother was a princess of the Maddas , a Kṣatriya clan in the Punjab . Vijaya passed away before Paṇḍuvasudeva arrived in Ceylon , and the government was administered for an year by the purohita Brahmin named ...
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... named Damaraja ( Dharmaraja ) . This last had a son named Mahatisa . Another of the ten brothers was a prince named Abaya whose daughter was Abi Anuradi . No less than fourteen inscriptions at Koṭādämühela in the Yala region refer to a ...
... named Damaraja ( Dharmaraja ) . This last had a son named Mahatisa . Another of the ten brothers was a prince named Abaya whose daughter was Abi Anuradi . No less than fourteen inscriptions at Koṭādämühela in the Yala region refer to a ...
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... named Kumāradāsa : he was not a king but a scion of the Sinhalese royal family , the son of a prince named Manita who lost his life at the hands of his enemies on the very day the poet was born . On grounds of style and language the ...
... named Kumāradāsa : he was not a king but a scion of the Sinhalese royal family , the son of a prince named Manita who lost his life at the hands of his enemies on the very day the poet was born . On grounds of style and language 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