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The Mahāvamsa : or, The great chronicle of Ceylon by Wilhelm Geiger; Mabel Haynes Bode; G. C Mendis is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The Mahavamsa (English translation: Great Chronicle) is a historical book written in the Pali language about the Kings of Sri Lanka. The first version of it covered the period from the coming of King Vijaya of the Rarh region of ancient Bengal in 543 BCE to the reign of King Mahasena (334-361 AD). It covers the early history of religion in Sri Lanka, beginning with the time of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. It also briefly recounts the history of Buddhism in India, from the date of
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilhelm Geiger; Mabel Haynes Bode; G. C Mendis
- Publisher
- Published by the Pali Text Society : Distributed by Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780710006554
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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