Introduction: The Dipavamsa A comparative study The Dipavamsa, the earliest extant chronicle of Sri Lanka, of unknown authorship, deals with the history of the island from earliest times up to the reign of Mahasena (325-352). Erudite opinion holds that it is not the work of a single author but of several authors. Considering the nature […]
15: The Acceptance of The Mahavihara WHEN they saw that the elephant’s hall was also too small, the people who had assembled there, full of pious zeal, prepared seats for the theras outside the southern gate, in the pleasant Nandana-garden ((1-See note to 11.2.)) in the royal park, thickly shaded, cool and covered with verdure. […]
The Six Kings – Culavamsa Chapter 38 So after the Ruler Mahasena ((There is not the slightest doubt that with v. 51 the work of the continuator of the old Mahavamsa begins. We must assume that originally an ornate strophe followed 37, 50 as conclusion of Mahanama’s work. The continuator like his successors (cf. 79. […]
Introduction: The Culavamsa, also Choolavansha The official translation of the Mahavamsa from Pali was completed by Wilhelm Geiger in 1912 and subsequently the Culavamsa in 1930. The first English translation of the Mahavamsa from Mr. Geiger’s native German was done by Mrs. Mabel Haynes Bode. Overall, the Chronicle has over 200,000 words of text in […]
History of Sri Lanka About Mahavamsa | Mahavamsa Chapters | Mahavamsa Simplified Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. known as Ceylon before 1972 is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometers (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. Originally known as Heladiva, it is home to around […]
