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... Rohuna , and Maya The village system established . Agriculture introduced Irrigation imported from India . 337 . 337 . The first tank constructed , B. C. 504 338 The Mahawanse or Great Dynasty The Suluwanse or Inferior Dynasty 360 ...
... Rohuna , and Maya The village system established . Agriculture introduced Irrigation imported from India . 337 . 337 . The first tank constructed , B. C. 504 338 The Mahawanse or Great Dynasty The Suluwanse or Inferior Dynasty 360 ...
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... Rohuna • Diggaina • brothers - in - law Urawelli Anuradha Rohuna · • Diggámadulla · Mahawelligama Anuradhapoora Interregnum duwása Wijitta 4. Abhaya , son of Paduwása , dethroned 5. Pandukabhaya , maternal grandson of Pan- 6. Mutasiwa ...
... Rohuna • Diggaina • brothers - in - law Urawelli Anuradha Rohuna · • Diggámadulla · Mahawelligama Anuradhapoora Interregnum duwása Wijitta 4. Abhaya , son of Paduwása , dethroned 5. Pandukabhaya , maternal grandson of Pan- 6. Mutasiwa ...
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... Rohuna 118. Gajábáhu 2nd . A disputed succession Pollonnarrua 1127 Siriwallaba or Kitsiri Maiwan Rohuna 119. Prákrama Bahu 1st , son of Mánábarana Pollonnarrua 1153 120. Wejayabáhu 2nd , nephew murdered ditto . 1186 121. Mihindu 5th or ...
... Rohuna 118. Gajábáhu 2nd . A disputed succession Pollonnarrua 1127 Siriwallaba or Kitsiri Maiwan Rohuna 119. Prákrama Bahu 1st , son of Mánábarana Pollonnarrua 1153 120. Wejayabáhu 2nd , nephew murdered ditto . 1186 121. Mihindu 5th or ...
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... Rohuna included the mountain zone of Ceylon , and hence probably its name , rohuna meaning the " act or instrument of ascending , as steps or a ladder . " Adam's Peak was in the Maya di- vision ; but Edrisi , who wrote in the twelfth ...
... Rohuna included the mountain zone of Ceylon , and hence probably its name , rohuna meaning the " act or instrument of ascending , as steps or a ladder . " Adam's Peak was in the Maya di- vision ; but Edrisi , who wrote in the twelfth ...
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... Rohuna and Mahagam were equally zealous in their devout labours , the one having erected sixty - four wi- haras in the east of the island , and the other sixty - eight in the south . Mahawanso , ch . xxiv . p . 145 , 148 . B.C. 289 ...
... Rohuna and Mahagam were equally zealous in their devout labours , the one having erected sixty - four wi- haras in the east of the island , and the other sixty - eight in the south . Mahawanso , ch . xxiv . p . 145 , 148 . B.C. 289 ...
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