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Mittadduno dummatino, te pi rajjam akarayum! Tesam bhinnam rajjesu atthayassanatikkamım !! 3.!! Mundas sa putto pitaram. ghatetaya nagadasako ! Catuvisati vassani rajjam karesi papako !! 4 !! Pitughatakavamoyam. iti kuddhatha nagara. ! Naga dasakarajanam apnetva samagata !! 5 !! Susunagoti pannatam a maccam sadhu sam matam ! Rajje sambahis ificisum . savvesim hitamanasa !! 6 !! So attharasa vassani raja rajjam akaryi; ! Kala soko tassa putto attha visati karyi: !! 7 !! Atite dasame vasse. kalasokassa rajino! Sambuddha parinivvana, evem vassas atam ahu !!!!! - Mahavamsa, Pariccheda, IV, 1-8. Kalasokass putta tu, ahesum das a bhatuka! Dvavisati te vassani, rajjam samanusasisum !!14!! Nava namdatatoasum kameneva nara dhipa ! Tepi dvavisa vassani, rajjam samanusas isum !! 15 !! Möriyanam khatiyanam yanase jatam siridharam! Canda guttoti panatam, canakko brahmane tatto !! 16 !! Navamam dhananamdam tam, ghatetva candakodhava ! Sakale jambudipams mim, rajje samabhi sinciso !! 17!! - Mahavamsa, Pariccheda, V, vv. 14-17.
Cf. Political History of Ancient India, by Dr. H.C. Raychaudhuri, p. 225; Bharata Ka Itihasa, by Prof. S'rinetra Pandey, Part I. (4th edition), p. 243.
(66) Op. cit., p. 10.
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It may be noted that the chronology discribed in Mahavamsa the ceylonese chronicle has been found, in general, to be erroneous on historical tests; see, for the detailed discussion of this, 'Inconsistencies in Ceylonese Chronology' in Chapter I of this book.
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Tassavina vajjassa pacchanatthaaimaim attha carmaim pannavei, tamjaha - carime pane, charime geye, carime natte, carime anjalikamme, carime pokkhalassa sam-vattae mahamehe, carime seyanae gandhahatthi, carime Mahasila Kamta e Samgame. - Bhagvati Sūtra, Sataka, XV.
