Maha Naga was King of Anuradhapura in the 6th century, whose reign lasted from 561 to 564. He succeeded Kittisiri Meghavanna as King of Anuradhapura and...
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Siri Naga I was King of Anuradhapura in the 2nd century, whose reign lasted from 196 to 215. He succeeded his brother-in-law Kuda Naga as King of Anuradhapura...
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Black Lion, Wattagamani Abhaya and Valagambahu, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka. Five months after becoming king, he was overthrown...
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Kittisiri Meghavanna (category Monarchs of Anuradhapura)
and was succeeded by Maha Naga. List of Sri Lankan monarchs History of Sri Lanka Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka Codrington's Short History of Ceylon v t e...
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Trincomalee (category Kingdom of Kandy)
the reigns of Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura, Maha Naga of Anuradhapura and Manavanna of Anuradhapura until the publication of The Life of Alexander Alexander...
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Aggabodhi I (category Monarchs of Anuradhapura)
was King of Anuradhapura in the 6th century, whose reign lasted from 564 to 598. He succeeded his cousin Maha Naga as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded...
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The Anuradhapura period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 377 BCE to 1017 CE. The period begins when Pandukabhaya...
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vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Anuradhapura Kingdom (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර රාජධානිය, translit: Anurādhapura Rājadhāniya, Tamil: அனுராதபுர இராச்சியம்)...
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Mahakuli Mahatissa (category Monarchs of Anuradhapura)
as Maha Cula Maha Tissa, was King of Anuradhapura in the 1st century BC. He ruled from 76 BC to 62 BC, succeeding his uncle, Valagamba, as King of Anuradhapura...
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Mihintale (redirect from Mihintala Raja Maha Vihara)
Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. It is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda...
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Bhatika Tissa (category Monarchs of Anuradhapura)
was King of Anuradhapura in the 2nd century, whose reign lasted from 141 to 165. He succeeded his father Mahallaka Naga as King of Anuradhapura and was...
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During the reign of King Kavantissa of Sri Lanka, Mahinda, who was a student of Mahadeva Maha Thera, went to Naga Bhava and took Buddha's right tooth...
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Mahāvaṃsa (redirect from Maha Wamsa)
listed an item of documentary heritage on the UNESCO’s Memory of the World International Register. The Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya maintained...
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Kanittha Tissa (category Monarchs of Anuradhapura)
was King of Anuradhapura in the 2nd century, whose reign lasted from 165 to 193. He succeeded his brother Bhatika Tissa as King of Anuradhapura and was...
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believed to be one of 32 sapling, brought from Anuradhapura where the original Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is situated. A large collection of paintings and sculptures...
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This is also regarded as one of 32 Buddhist religious sites wherein the saplings bred from Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi have been planted. King Devanampiya...
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Bodhi Tree (redirect from Sri Maha Bodhi)
Anandabodhi Tree at Jetavana in Sravasti in North India and the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Both are also believed to have been propagated...
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Ruwanwelisaya (redirect from Maha Thupa)
Ruwanweli Maha Seya, also known as the Maha Thupa (lit. 'the Great Thupa'), is a stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka...
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died, his younger son Thulatthana became the king of Anuradhapura, with the support of the Bhikkus of Maha Vihara, When Lanja Tissa heard this news, he marched...
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Relics associated with Buddha (redirect from Relics of the Buddha)
and the fourth one in Kingdom of Naga King Jayasena in the Naga World.(Current Location-Wilgamwehera Somawathiya Maha Stupa in Seuwila,Sri Lanka)Their...
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Sanghamitta (category Children of Ashoka)
at Anuradhapura who desired to be ordained as nuns after Mahinda converted them to Buddhism. After Sanghamittā’s contribution to the propagation of Buddhism...
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establishment of the Kingdom of Tambapanni in the 6th century BCE by the earliest ancestors of the Sinhalese. The first Sri Lankan ruler of the Anuradhapura Kingdom...
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Recorded history (category History of writing)
Mahavamsa (c. 5th century CE). Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya maintained chronicles of Sri Lankan history starting from the 3rd century...
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located. These are, in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka and...
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the inhabitants of Sri Lanka prior to the Sinhala migration were the mythical Yakkha (Sanskrit: यक्ष yakṣa; Pali: yakkha) and Nāga races. Sinhalese history...
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Solosmasthana because of the monumental stupas built by Buddhist kings at these locations. With the decline of the ancient kingdoms of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa...
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the Anuradhapura period. Periodization of Sri Lanka history: According to folklore, the Naga people were one of the groups of original inhabitants of Lanka...
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Sri Lanka (redirect from Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
Theravada Buddhism was held at the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka under the patronage of Valagamba of Anuradhapura in 25 BCE. The council was held...
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Jetavanaramaya (category Stupas in Anuradhapura)
reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft), it...
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Tissa was the king of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) from 137 BC to 119 BC. Saddha Tissa was the son of Kavan Tissa of Ruhuna and the brother of Dutthagamani. He...
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