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... ( mo : riya ) ; the Lamba - kannas ( Lamba - karna in Sanskrit ) the hare ; the Balibho : jakas , the crow , and the Taracchas , the hyena . The two most powerful dynasties of ancient Lanka were the Lambakannas and the Mo : riyas . " By ...
... ( mo : riya ) ; the Lamba - kannas ( Lamba - karna in Sanskrit ) the hare ; the Balibho : jakas , the crow , and the Taracchas , the hyena . The two most powerful dynasties of ancient Lanka were the Lambakannas and the Mo : riyas . " By ...
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Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka. Kings in temple murals 18 The Moriya dynasty came to power with the accession of King Dha : tu Se : na in 455 AD , after driving away the South Indian invaders . Whether the Maurya or Mo : riya clan had any ...
Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka. Kings in temple murals 18 The Moriya dynasty came to power with the accession of King Dha : tu Se : na in 455 AD , after driving away the South Indian invaders . Whether the Maurya or Mo : riya clan had any ...
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... Mo : riya ' is also a matter of conjecture . One suggestion connects it to the bird ' mo : ra ' ( peacock ) whose neck is blue in colour . It is said that the city this dynasty founded had buildings of blue stone , like the neck of a ...
... Mo : riya ' is also a matter of conjecture . One suggestion connects it to the bird ' mo : ra ' ( peacock ) whose neck is blue in colour . It is said that the city this dynasty founded had buildings of blue stone , like the neck of a ...
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LANKA THE ISLAND KINGDOM | 13 |
MAHA RAJA THE GREAT KING | 22 |
THE KING AND GOOD GOVERNANCE | 32 |
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ancient Anura:dha-pura Ba:hu became become belonged Bo:dhi brother brought Buddha Buddhist building built called capital century ceremony Ceylon chief chronicles claim Colombo considered consort cultural daughter death dynasty English epic father Founder four gave give given hand head important Indian inscriptions island kingdom Kandy Kandyan king king's known land language later literature lived Maha Maha:vansa Malla matter means ministers monks Na:ga officer origins ornaments palace Pali Parakkama Bahu period poem poet political Polonnaruva Portuguese present prince Prof queen ra:ja rain Raja Sinha record referred reign relations religious royal rule Sacred Tooth Sangha Sanskrit says Se:na sent Silva Sinhala Sinhalese Sinhalese kings Siri South Sri Lanka story stupa succession tanks temple term throne Tissa took tree verse Viha:ra Vijaya wife write