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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Letters) 1935

1935

Thus the kingdom of the Pallavas passed into the hands of the Colas with the death of Aparajita '. This event took place about the year 886 A. D. Tonclamanclala or Tunclakarastra as the Pallava kingdom is called in the inscriptions covered prior to Simhavisnm the region along the eastern coast between the mouths of the Palar and the Kistna. [...] The process of the Brahmi script developing into what we term the which the wise Mahadeva along with many bhiksus is said to have come to Ceylon on the occasion of the construction of the Great Stapa at Anuradhapura; but there the term Pallava seems to refer to the Parthians as it stands between Kasmira (Kashmir) and Alasanda (Alexandria) this last in the land of the Yonas (Greeks). [...] The other mentions the dedication of the statue on the pedestal of which it is engraved. [...] Fleet refers to the Gupta era and thus corresponds to the year 588-89 A. D.4 If this date is correct it follows that the bhilou Mahänäman of the inscription cannot be identical with the author of the Mandvainsa who composed his chronicle during the reign of Dhatusena (463-479 A. D.) the nephew (sister's son) of the king Mahanama first mentioned. [...] This is due to the fact that Sanskrit is associated with the Mahayana whereas it is Pali that is employed in the scriptures of the Hinayana the prevailing religion of the Sinhalese.
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Pages
93
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
Expansion of Indo-Aryan Culture during Pallava Rule as Evidenced by Inscriptions
1-64 B. Chhabra view
The Quatrains of Jalālu-d-dīn Rūmī and Two Hitherto Unknown Manuscripts of his Dīvān
65-80 L. Bogdanov view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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