 | Asia - 1901 - 938 pages
...holds that the " Mahawanso," " from the date of the introduction of Buddhism in Ceylon, in 307 BC ... is authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence...can contribute to verify the annals of any country" (Introduction, p. Ix). Dr. John Murdoch adds his testimony to the effect that the historical literature... | |
 | Asia - 1901 - 930 pages
...holds that the "Mahawanso," "from the date of the introduction of Buddhism in Ceylon, in 307 BC ... is authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence...can contribute to verify the annals of any country" (Introduction, p. Ix). Dr. John Murdoch adds his testimony to the effect that the historical literature... | |
 | James De Alwis - Sinhalese language - 1852 - 318 pages
..." f * "Suffice it to say. that from the date of the introduction of Buddhism into Ceylon, in B. c. 307, that history is authenticated by the concurrence...can contribute to verify the annals of any country." — Mahairamo p. Itt. f Mr. Tumour seems to think that the date of Wijayo's landing in Ceylon has been... | |
 | Arnold Wright - Architecture - 1999 - 928 pages
...the first translator of the Mahavansa (the history of the Great Dynasty), has said that " they are authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence...can contribute to verify the annals of any country." True it is that the Mahavansa and the Dipavansa (the history of the Island Dynasty) were written less... | |
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Suffice it to say, that from the date of the introduction* of Buddhism into Ceylon, BC 307, that history is authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence which can contribute to verify the annals of any country. 
