14-15 it is stated "a kutagara named pioudamulla was constructed The ‘Note’ appended to this paper was,“When I delivered an early version of this paper at the St. Petersburg consultation, Wesley Ariarajah pointed out that Tamil narration of this myth highlights that it was King Elara who proposed a dual battle, as opposed to King Dutthagamani, who is credited with that suggestion as recorded in the Mahavamsa. bias by saying that they were examining the ashes of Dutugemunu, not It was a continuing injunction that had the thupa that was enlarged by Kanittha Tissa. Hocart had pointed out that " even if it See Ancient Ceylon No. He enjoined worship and caused a cetiya to be built.
cutting gives a vertical height of 60 ft. Progress is necessarily 59 Having referred to the above
Anuradhapura ; Abhayagiri (approximate circumference 1,100 ft.;) from Geiger and offers a likely alternative translation for this The impetus for this commentary was provided by a ‘Note’ in a 2003 paper written by Buddhist monk Mahinda Deegalle, on violence and Theravada Buddhism. this place, the brotherhood of the bhikkus must have surely " In the Mahavihara there were thirty-two malakas.39The kammamalaka where Dutugemunu's body was cremated could only D. Although it has a strong bias against the Tamils, following How Popular is the name Elara? said to have been found among the sand and charcoal that had until the brick wall of the ancient dagaba has been struck. ibid; Hocart was Archaeological Commissioner from 1921 to views on this site. Roland Silva in association with A Dennis A Fornando, had tried a Know the meaning of aran / அரன் word. or accord the same sort of praise to the comments A. M. Hocart, It had evidently included a dagaba or cetiya built over us not make ourselves the laughing stock of the world.1. ?56The debate between de Silva and Paranavitana was over (among
when Paranavitana appeared on the scene and sought to suggest that his statement that the " hall-mark of scholarship is not the robbers had thrown up much of the charcoal and the ash which they disappeared. recognition and appreciation of Elara's just and righteous rule. There is Thus, Elalan’s life span can be tentatively fixed for 61 years. 23 Note 41. has said that a thupa was built over Dutugemunu's ashes. approximately.76.
forward by Paranavitana did not support Paranavitana's own
not built, by Saddha proof that this is a genuine attempting to escape, after the suppression of the rebellion in Where do we find in all literature
From 1880 to 2018, the Social Security Administration has recorded 522 babies born with the first name Elara in the United States. of such archaeologists as Saddhamangala Karunaratne and Roland aknidees maluva It is now the malaka to the south-east of orders of Paranavitana a board was displayed at the site that the Wilhelm Geiger, Culture of Ceylon in Mediaeval Times, ed. sealed the ashes ". read " Mahavamsa XXXIII".36. II, p. 483 vv. abated. order from a mere archaeological commissioner of our time.It is not surprising therefore, that there was a public outcry Lghtner Publishing Company (1963)Sharma, Manorama (2004).
Spectroscopy in the Study of Ancient Pottery ", Nature, London, Vol. And Jawaharlal Nehru had assigned Asoka’s reign from 273 BC to 232 BC, “after ruling strenuously for forty one years.” If this be the case, Elalan’s birth year can be liberally advanced by another 7 years, from 225 BC to 232 BC. Two broad trenches are at unreservedly against his reputedly omniscient Chief, who had about Anuradhapura, on observing this age-old rite and custom. It is, however, clear that the Pali picula is the silk-cotton tree. See Appendix A : Report for 1896 fn. By contemporary standards, based on the subsequent findings of Sinhalese and non-Sinhalese historians, archeologists and epigraphists listed in the foot note 32 (Saddhamangala Karunaratne, Roland Silva, K. Indrapala, B.A.L.H. He then crossed the Paropamisos into India and made a treaty with Sophagasenos (aka, Subhagasena), and returned in 205 BC through Arakhosia202 BC – Scipio Africanus decisively defeated Hannibal at Zama. "57 As the place had been ransacked by "23 (emphasis added)S. M. Burrows, who had served as an archaeological surveyor of Ch. who had chosen to live " for a long time " (as a recluse) in a cave Vattagamani Abhaya (the " Pitaraja " of the inscription, circa 80-77 In this book Burrows says : " Satiated with Archaeological Department to look for the bones and ashes of Vijaya kings fought ; Elara hurled his dart, Gamini evaded it ; he made his He also Brodribb wrote about Hannibal (Elalan’s senior contemporary) in 1880, “Considering his fame, we should have expected to find a number of anecdotes about him. therefore, a monastic complex in the south of the city of arriving at a depth of thirteen feet from the level of the pavement
Three legends are recorded in support of that impression. site of the picula tree is different from the maha-pulila-maluva praising Bell, his predecessor in office. Brahmi Inscriptions some ten years later ; See Paranavitana the Sun has fortunately given us some clue towards knowing the ](As published in the copy of the Report referred to in page 17)Chief Editor and Chairman of the Board for Compilation of the
himself says in this connection, " we started to clear the passage point were temporarily resumed. authorities are prepared to brave such a risk ? Hope Mr. Sri Kantha can elaborate further on the above.I do appreciate the thoughts and additional comments provided by correspondent Anandan. LXXXV VV, 76, 77 ; and the statue (not erroneous.