THE MAHAVANSA,

PART II.

CONTAINING CHAPTERS XXXIX. TO C.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PAĻI INTO

ENGLISH, FOR THE GOVERNMENT

OF CEYLON,

BY

L. C. WIJESINHA, MUDALIYAR.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

THE TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST PART

(PUBLISHED IN 1837)

BY GEORGE TURNOUR, C.C.S.

COLOMBO:

G. J. A. SKEEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON.
To be Purchased at the GOVERNMENT RECORD OFFICE, COLOMBO, Price Rs. 7:50.

1889.

THIS

TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OF THE MAHAVANSA,

CHAPTERS XXXIX. TO C.,

IS, BY PERMISSION,

Respectfully Dedicated

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

THE HON. ARTHUR HAMILTON GORDON, G.C.M.G.,

GOVERNOR OF CEYLON,

DURING WHOSE ADMINISTRATION AND BY WHOSE DESIRE

IT WAS UNDERTAKEN AND ACCOMPLISHED

BY

THE TRANSLATOR.

Chronological Table of Sinhalese Sovereigns from Kasyapa I.

Context: verses 80 to 114 of Chapter XXXVIII.

xvii

xxix

Chapters XXXIX. to C.

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Appendix.

Professor Rhys Davids' Translation of Chapters XXXIX. and
XLVI.

...

Mudaliyár L. de Zoysa's Translation of Chapter LXVIII. and

part of LXXIX.

Extracts from Bishop Caldwell's "History of Tinnevelly"

Index of Principal Names

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