A Concise History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Times to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 |
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... religion . It is not possible to speak with any degree of certainty about the religion of the people of the Indus civilisation until its script is deciphered ; but , from an examination of the material remains unearthed at Mohenjo ...
... religion . It is not possible to speak with any degree of certainty about the religion of the people of the Indus civilisation until its script is deciphered ; but , from an examination of the material remains unearthed at Mohenjo ...
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... religion gave rise to various religious sects who went under the generic term of Śramaņas , as opposed to the Brāhmaṇas . Unlike the orthodox sects , recruited from among Brāhmaṇas , these Śramaņas admit- ted to their fold members of ...
... religion gave rise to various religious sects who went under the generic term of Śramaņas , as opposed to the Brāhmaṇas . Unlike the orthodox sects , recruited from among Brāhmaṇas , these Śramaņas admit- ted to their fold members of ...
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... religious beliefs and practices among the average people . The lay adherents of Budhhism pro- fessed their faith in ' the Three Jewels ' of that religion ; namely the Buddha , the Dhamma and the Sangha , to the exclusion of the gods and ...
... religious beliefs and practices among the average people . The lay adherents of Budhhism pro- fessed their faith in ' the Three Jewels ' of that religion ; namely the Buddha , the Dhamma and the Sangha , to the exclusion of the gods and ...
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is staff cooperated | 33 |
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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