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The First Aryan Colonization of Ceylon

By Muhammad Shahidullah

Vol. 9 · No. 3September - 1933pp. 742–750English

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  • “The old c'hronicl_ey“_ एवं Ceylon, the Dipavamsa (composed between 350 and 400 A.C.) and the Muhavamsa, both note the legend of Vijayu and his seven hundred followers who colonized Ceylon.”
  • “Thus we find from રા examination of the legend and the language of Ceylon that it was first colonized by Aryans from Bengul and that their language is 1he parent of the Sinhalese lnnguage inspite of much development owing to luter accretions 80 the language.”
  • “Hence we are justified in combining the two narrations which will give પ૩ the following ecommon information.”

Works cited in this article

  1. Origin and Developuient of Bengali Language, pp. 72, 73
  2. Diporamsn 135, 1-3
  3. Maldeamsa transl. by P.T.8., 1012.
  4. Diparamsa, Intro, p. 7
  5. Diporamse 2044

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People

  • Vijayu
  • Sihabihu
  • King Nidanka Malla
  • Candavarmuan
  • Tmavarman
  • Saktivarmauy
  • Vijayanandivaermao
  • Vijayabdhu I
  • Bhojavarman 4
  • Sthahiliw
  • King Kirtti Nisfanka Malla

Places

  • Naggadipa
  • Mahilarattha
  • Suppiri
  • Bharukaceha

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Vol. 9 · No. 3
629–644Malik Ambar: A New LifeJadunath Sarkar645–662Pancaratra and the UpanisadsD. L. De663–677Bhaskara—A Forgotten Commentator on the GitaB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma678–704Influence of Tantra on the Tattvas of RaghunandanaRajendra Chandra Hazra705–721CittavisuddhiprakaranamPrabhubhai Patel722–735Pundravardhana—its SitePrabodh Chandra Sengupta736–741The Eastern CalukyasDhirendra Chandra Ganguly742–750The First Aryan Colonization of CeylonMuhammad ShahidullahCurrent article751–769The Baud Charter of KanakabhanjaCharu Chandra Das Gupta770–783The Political Significance of the Madhyama and the UddasingNarendra Nath Law784–788Vainyagupta DvadasadityaDhirendra Chandra Ganguly789–791The Dinajpur Pillar Inscription of the Kambojanvaya GaudipatiJogendra Chandra Ghosh792–794The Metaphysical Significance of Dharma and Adharma in Jaina MetaphysicsJagadish Chandra Jain795–799Notes on the Ghosundi Stone InscriptionJogendra Chandra Ghosh800–802Scythian Tribal Names in a Mathura EpigraphHarit Krishna Deb803–804The Ohind (Und) InscriptionHarit Krishna Deb804–809Janamejaya PariksitsNityadhan Bhattacharya810–813On the Term AnusamyanaAnanta Kumar Bose814–821ReviewsMano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal, D. R. Mankad, D. L. De

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