Published October 28, 1960 | Version v1

New Light on the Buddhist Era in Ceylon and Early Sinhalese Chronology

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Senarath Paranavitana, "New Light on the Buddhist Era in Ceylon and Early Sinhalese Chronology," University of Ceylon Review 18, nos. 3-4 (1960): 129-156.

 

 

Notes

Basawakkulama or Abhayavāpī rock inscription probably from the time of king Upatissa, documenting the gift of two villages and some agricultural land to a Buddhist establishment in the late fourth century C.E. The inscription is at Anuradhapura.

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European Commission
ASIA - Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State 609823