Little by little, however, Zhou drove the barbarians back. Their fief gradually expanded in size to take its place amongst the many principalities of...
By 500 BCE, many local loyalties had been undermined by the state-sponsored resettlements of the Assyrians and Babylonians, and the inhabitants of the Middle...
A New Chapter In the Civilisation
Since the arrival of the Mauryan delegation and Buddhism, there has been an awakening in Sinhalese literature. The alphabet...
King Devanampiyathissa; A Precursor of a New Civilisation..
Remember, that at the time of the Buddhist Council in 250 BCE, King Mutaseeva in neighbouring Lanka...
The King is said to have built a hermitage for Nighanta ascetics near Gaminivapi. Here the Mahavamsa accidentally mentions another reservoir – Gaminivapi, identified...
Before the arrival of Prince Vijaya in 543BCE, Sri Lanka (Lanka, then) was populated by Yakkha (Yaksha- demon) and Naga (serpent) tribes. The Dimbulagala...
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