Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Mahāvansa was afterwards continued by different writers to the middle of the last century; but, taking into account ... Mahāvansa is finished; and after a new invocation of Buddha, the history is continued with the forty-ninth verse. The ...
... Mahāvansa was afterwards continued by different writers to the middle of the last century; but, taking into account ... Mahāvansa is finished; and after a new invocation of Buddha, the history is continued with the forty-ninth verse. The ...
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G. C. Mendis. CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CEYLON 1. The Mahāvansa . The chief source used for the writing of this history of ancient and medieval Ceylon is the Mahāvansa , an epic written in the Pāli language . Its ...
G. C. Mendis. CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CEYLON 1. The Mahāvansa . The chief source used for the writing of this history of ancient and medieval Ceylon is the Mahāvansa , an epic written in the Pāli language . Its ...
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... Mahāvansa an exact idea of what these annals were , whether written in Pāli or in Sinhalese , under the direct authority of the kings who in succession governed the island . The following is a list of the principal works which still ...
... Mahāvansa an exact idea of what these annals were , whether written in Pāli or in Sinhalese , under the direct authority of the kings who in succession governed the island . The following is a list of the principal works which still ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide Indra inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Ceylon Volume 41 of Ceylon historical journal monograph series |
| Author | Henry Parker |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1981 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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