SpletHuwelijkspolitiek. Volgens de Mahavamsa zou Bimbisara op vijftienjarige leeftijd door zijn vader Bhattiya als koning zijn aangesteld, zodat de dynastie mogelijk niet begon met Bimbisara. Door een uitgekiende huwelijkspolitiek – de Mahavagga heeft het zelfs over 500 vrouwen – wist hij allianties met andere mahajanapada's te sluiten en zijn positie te … The Mahavamsa has, especially in modern Sri Lanka, acquired significance as a document with a political message. The Sinhalese majority often use Mahavamsa as proof of their claim that Sri Lanka is a Sinhalese nation since historical time. The British historian Jane Russell has recounted how a process of … Prikaži več Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශය, Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura. It was written in the style of an epic poem … Prikaži več Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya maintained chronicles of the island's history starting from the 3rd century BCE. These … Prikaži več A companion volume, the Culavamsa "Lesser Chronicle", compiled by Sinhala monks, covers the period from the 4th century to the British takeover of Sri Lanka in 1815. The Culavamsa was compiled by a number of authors of different time periods. Prikaži več Early Western scholars like Otto Franke dismissed the possibility that the Mahavamsa contained reliable historical content, but subsequent evidence from inscriptions and … Prikaži več The contents of the Mahavamsa can be broadly divided into four categories: • The Buddha's Visits to Sri Lanka: This material recounts three legendary visits by the Buddha to the island of Sri Lanka. These stories describe the Buddha subduing or driving … Prikaži več Historiographical sources are rare in much of South Asia. As a result of the Mahavamsa, comparatively more is known about the history of the island of Ceylon and neighbouring … Prikaži več The Mahavamsa is believed to have originated from an earlier chronicle known as the Dipavamsa (4th century CE; lit. 'Island Chronicles'). The Dipavamsa is much simpler and … Prikaži več
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SpletThe Mahavamsa is not a canonical text, but it has achieved near-canonical authority in Sri Lanka and the vast majority of Sinhalese accept its pro-Buddhist and pro-Sinhalese … oha return to work
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SpletThe Mahavamsa or The Great Chronicle was written by the Venerable thera Mahanama in the 6th century AD. It was translated in 1912 by Wilhelm Geiger. This E-book contains the 37 chapters of the Mahavamsa as written Mahanama. http://www.kiips.in/research/nationalist-politics-in-sri-lanka/ SpletRelationship to the Mahavamsa Regarding the Vijaya legend, Dipavamsa has tried to be less super-natural than the later work, Mahavamsa in referring to the husband of the Kalinga … my green flag accc