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Geiger believes that it is not possible 'to form a harmonious and credible picture of the single acts attributed to the youthful
Parakkama ' simply from the information presented in the Lesser Chronicle. The explanation for this lies in the writer's approach to history:
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to an Indian king and employ all the methods of statecraft which political science prescribes or recommends. All these individual traits the compiler combines with the data furnished by tradition, without question as to probability or improbability of these.
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2932:Institutions
2881:Interregnums
2813:Lambakanna I
2732:Anuradhapura
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1963:Significance
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1793:Bibliography
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1721:Armed Forces
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1663:Independence
1659:World War II
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1577:Transitional
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1515:Anuradhapura
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1036:Merit making
1001:Three Jewels
941:Buddhavacana
871:Impermanence
859:Dharma wheel
619:U Dhammaloka
554:S. N. Goenka
529:Ledi Sayadaw
431:Three Jewels
262:Vibhajjavada
202:Vimuttimagga
192:Commentaries
58:Abbreviation
18:
3007:Dambadeniya
3002:Polonnaruwa
2982:Vijithapura
2939:Royal court
2923:Regnal name
2876:Family tree
2761:Dambadeniya
2749:Polonnaruwa
2605:Sasanavamsa
2595:Daladavamsa
2585:Buddhavamsa
2187:"Cūlavamsa"
2162:"Cūlavaṃsa"
2117:tradition.
2025:Translation
2008:Manabharana
2004:Gajabahu II
1993:W. Geiger,
1943:to that of
1930:Dhammakitti
1918:tooth relic
1716:Agriculture
1546:Polonnaruwa
1271:New Zealand
1126:Bodhisattva
1111:Four Stages
1066:Monasticism
1046:Mindfulness
1016:Perfections
946:Early Texts
679:Kee Nanayon
649:Ajahn Brahm
634:Nyanaponika
624:Nyanatiloka
609:Jayatilleke
584:Pragyananda
479:Buddhadatta
474:Buddhaghoṣa
464:Sanghamitta
448:Key figures
401:Mindfulness
363:Kammaṭṭhāna
47:Attribution
39:Composition
3159:Categories
3134:Pretenders
3017:Kurunegala
2972:Tambapaṇṇī
2949:Rājākariya
2828:Vijayabahu
2727:Tambapanni
2699:Rajavaliya
2600:Dāṭhavaṃsa
2486:Pujavaliya
2471:Rajavaliya
2388:0801423953
2145:References
1973:Dutugemunu
1858:: "Lesser
1851:Chulavamsa
1482:300,000 BP
1470:Bronze Age
1459:Prehistory
1437:Pujavaliya
1430:Rajavaliya
1399:Chronicles
1144:Traditions
1081:Pilgrimage
1021:Meditation
981:Post-canon
961:Pāli Canon
891:Middle Way
788:The Buddha
674:Ayya Khema
614:Kalupahana
579:Mahapragya
574:Kripasaran
564:Ajahn Chah
484:Dhammapāla
391:Middle Way
386:Meditation
338:Abhidhamma
267:Mahāvihāra
112:Bangladesh
3139:Abhisheka
3114:Sinhabahu
3109:Sinhapura
2800:Dynasties
2692:Culavamsa
2685:Mahavamsa
2678:Dipavamsa
2610:Tupavamsa
2569:Vattamala
2466:Culavamsa
2461:Mahavamsa
2456:Dipavamsa
2310:cite book
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2215:. London.
2115:Cūḷavaṃsa
2111:Mahavamsa
2103:Cūḷavaṃsa
2087:In 1935,
2082:Cūḷavaṃsa
2070:Mahavamsa
2062:Cūḷavaṃsa
2019:Cūḷavaṃsa
1977:Mahavamsa
1911:Cūḷavaṃsa
1907:Mahavamsa
1903:Cūḷavaṃsa
1887:Cūḷavaṃsa
1883:Mahavamsa
1872:Cūḷavaṃsa
1868:Sri Lanka
1860:Chronicle
1845:Cūḷavaṃsa
1753:Geography
1748:Education
1731:Air Force
1679:Sri Lanka
1466:Stone Age
1423:Cūḷavaṃsa
1416:Mahavamsa
1409:Dipavamsa
1291:Sri Lanka
1281:Singapore
1236:Indonesia
1176:Vajrayāna
1151:Theravāda
1106:Awakening
994:Practices
951:Tripiṭaka
921:Cosmology
896:Emptiness
876:Suffering
549:U Ba Khin
499:Anawrahta
277:Mahavamsa
272:Dipavamsa
252:Sthaviras
147:Sri Lanka
106:Countries
33:Chronicle
24:Cūḷavaṃsa
3042:Sitawaka
3037:Rayigama
3027:Dedigama
3012:Yapahuwa
2992:Sigiriya
2918:Usurpers
2871:By reign
2863:Monarchs
2776:Sitawaka
2669:Timeline
2369:(1992).
2196:21 April
2171:21 April
2128:See also
2095:, wrote
1991:—
1897:Contents
1876:Buddhist
1803:Timeline
1798:Glossary
1758:Politics
1707:By Topic
1690:Republic
1686:Dominion
1474:Iron Age
1375:a series
1373:Part of
1301:Thailand
1261:Mongolia
1256:Malaysia
1221:Cambodia
1186:Navayana
1166:Hinayana
1161:Mahāyāna
1071:Lay life
901:Morality
881:Not-self
839:Concepts
798:Councils
783:Timeline
755:Glossary
737:Buddhism
729:a series
727:Part of
629:Nanamoli
539:U Nārada
426:Precepts
332:Doctrine
152:Thailand
117:Cambodia
79:a series
77:Part of
3088:Mauryan
3083:Pandyan
3063:Kalinga
3022:Gampola
2833:Kalinga
2766:Gampola
2710:Periods
2107:Sinhala
2047:English
1743:Economy
1447:Periods
1311:Vietnam
1266:Myanmar
1181:Tibetan
1171:Chinese
1099:Nirvāṇa
916:Saṃsāra
911:Rebirth
776:History
765:Outline
684:Dipa Ma
654:Analayo
519:Mongkut
459:Mahinda
379:Nibbāna
370:Saṃsāra
294:Schools
235:History
157:Vietnam
137:Myanmar
3119:Titles
3073:Shakya
2997:Rohana
2853:Nayaks
2818:Moriya
2808:Vijaya
2720:&
2385:
2379:95–104
2039:German
1377:on the
1296:Taiwan
1276:Russia
1216:Brazil
1211:Bhutan
1131:Buddha
1051:Wisdom
834:Dharma
436:Vinaya
343:Anattā
3102:Other
3078:Vedda
3068:Vanga
3047:Kandy
2788:Kandy
2771:Kotte
2105:, in
2037:into
2033:from
1879:monks
1608:Kandy
1306:Tibet
1246:Korea
1241:Japan
1231:India
1226:China
1191:Newar
1116:Arhat
906:Karma
760:Index
469:Tissa
358:Jhana
348:Arhat
175:Texts
142:Nepal
127:India
122:China
2383:ISBN
2348:help
2316:link
2287:link
2256:link
2227:link
2198:2012
2173:2012
2091:, a
2035:Pali
2006:and
1969:Niti
1901:The
1864:Pali
1856:Pāli
1842:The
1736:Navy
1726:Army
1251:Laos
1156:Pāli
534:U Nu
132:Laos
61:Cula
29:Type
2901:4th
2896:3rd
2891:2nd
2886:1st
1920:of
1848:or
56:PTS
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