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... Chronicle ) and the Maha : vansa ( The Great Chronicle ) . These chronicles are epics composed in Pali verses . Others are of the view that there were kings before Vijaya . The celebrated Indian epic , Rama : yana , which narrates the ...
... Chronicle ) and the Maha : vansa ( The Great Chronicle ) . These chronicles are epics composed in Pali verses . Others are of the view that there were kings before Vijaya . The celebrated Indian epic , Rama : yana , which narrates the ...
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... chronicle was evidently the production of an age when with the decline of oral tradition the same stories came to ... chronicles were based upon older materials . " In Ceylon there existed at the close of the fourth century AD , that ...
... chronicle was evidently the production of an age when with the decline of oral tradition the same stories came to ... chronicles were based upon older materials . " In Ceylon there existed at the close of the fourth century AD , that ...
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... chronicles of this type narrate the story of the Buddha's Sacred Tooth . This relic is considered more important than the others because of the belief that it could cause rain . The Pali text was called the ' Dha : ta : vansa ' . In ...
... chronicles of this type narrate the story of the Buddha's Sacred Tooth . This relic is considered more important than the others because of the belief that it could cause rain . The Pali text was called the ' Dha : ta : vansa ' . In ...
Contents
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