On the Chronicles of Ceylon

Abhaya Abhayagiri Ajātasattu Ancient India Apadāna Asoka Atthakatha B. C. Law Barua bhikkhu Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhavamsa Buddhist Council Buddhist sects Candagutta Chapter chronicles of Ceylon commentary Cordier Culavamsa dagobas Dāṭhāvamsa Devanampiya Tissa Dhammakitti Dhammaruci Dhatusena Dhatuvamsa Dipavamsa Dipavamsa and Mahāvamsa Divyāvadāna Duṭṭhagamani dynasty earlier chronicle epic evidently Extended Mahāvamsa fact G. P. Malalasekera Geiger history of Buddhism history of Ceylon Hiuen Tsang Ibid inscriptions island Jātaka Kālāsoka kings of Ceylon later chronicle legends Magadha Mahā Mahabodhivamsa Mahārājavamsa Mahasena Mahāvamsa Tīkā Mahāvihāra Mahinda mentioned monastery monks Mutasiva Nanjio narrate narrative Nikaya Nikayasangraha Oldenberg Pali Canon Pali chronicle Pali Literature Pali version Panduka Pandya Parakkamabahu Parivara Pitaka presupposed prose Pūjāvalī reign of Mahasena Rgyud Rock Edicts Royal Asiatic Society Saddha Sakya Samantapāsādikā Sanghamitta Tambapanni Thera Thera Mahānāma Theras of Ceylon Theris Thupa Thupavamsa Tikā vamsa Vamsatthappakāsini Vihara Vinaya teachers written in Sinhalese Yakkhas