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... Vasabha ( 67-111 AD ) and the second by King Ma : navamma ( 684-718 AD ) .The first dynasty retained its power for about three and half centuries and the second for about two centuries . The first dynasty came to an end in 428 AD with ...
... Vasabha ( 67-111 AD ) and the second by King Ma : navamma ( 684-718 AD ) .The first dynasty retained its power for about three and half centuries and the second for about two centuries . The first dynasty came to an end in 428 AD with ...
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... Vasabha shall become king " . " Failing in every endeavour to find the mysterious Vasabha , the king resolved upon a course of action strangely similar to that which , just 60 years previously , King Harod in far away Palestine decreed ...
... Vasabha shall become king " . " Failing in every endeavour to find the mysterious Vasabha , the king resolved upon a course of action strangely similar to that which , just 60 years previously , King Harod in far away Palestine decreed ...
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... soothsayers told him that a prince by the name of Vasabha shall be king soon . This episode is recorded in the Maha : -vansa thus. THE FOUNDER OF A DYNASTY ( 67-111 CE ) GAJA BAHU I , THE MYTHICAL HERO ( 114-136 AD. 176.
... soothsayers told him that a prince by the name of Vasabha shall be king soon . This episode is recorded in the Maha : -vansa thus. THE FOUNDER OF A DYNASTY ( 67-111 CE ) GAJA BAHU I , THE MYTHICAL HERO ( 114-136 AD. 176.
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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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