The Betrayal of Buddhism: An Abridged Version of the Report of the Buddhist Committee of Inquiry |
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... Colombo has been the seat of foreign Government . It was first only a warehouse of cinnamon for the Portuguese , protected against the Sinhalese by means of a Fort . Under the Dutch and the British India Company it fulfilled the same ...
... Colombo has been the seat of foreign Government . It was first only a warehouse of cinnamon for the Portuguese , protected against the Sinhalese by means of a Fort . Under the Dutch and the British India Company it fulfilled the same ...
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... Colombo can revive any memories , they are only memories of foreign domination . We recommend that the seat of Government should be removed from Colombo to a new city which must rise out of what has been left of Ceylon after four ...
... Colombo can revive any memories , they are only memories of foreign domination . We recommend that the seat of Government should be removed from Colombo to a new city which must rise out of what has been left of Ceylon after four ...
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... Colombo , Jaffna and Chilaw . The Colombo Academy ( now Royal College ) was set up as a secondary school from which teachers could be recruited . It was part of the Government's policy to ensure that these schools functioned in close ...
... Colombo , Jaffna and Chilaw . The Colombo Academy ( now Royal College ) was set up as a secondary school from which teachers could be recruited . It was part of the Government's policy to ensure that these schools functioned in close ...
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administration Anuradhapura appointed Archbishop of Colombo areas Asoka attendance bhikkhus British Colonialism Buddha Sasana Council Buddhist activities Buddhist children Buddhist education Buddhist schools Catholic Action Catholic school Ceylonese charitable Christian religious bodies Christian schools clause Colombo Colonel Olcott Committee compulsory Constitution corporation cultural bodies Devanampiyatissa Dhamma Director of Education Dutch economic education in Ceylon England English established favour funds given governing authority Government bodies Government schools Governor Grant iv Grant-in-aid schools India influence institutions island Kandy kings Laboratory Grant Lanka large number law of trusts Legislative Council Lord Acton Minister missionaries moral Mortmain Muslims nibbana non-Buddhists non-Christian officials organised parents Parliament persons pirivena education political Portuguese powers prerogatives present principle Protestant recommend registered religion Report responsibility Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church rule Sangha sects secular Sinhalese Sir Ivor Jennings social society teachers teaching temple lands tion wealth