Mahāvaṃsa

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf history
gptkbp:author gptkb:Mahānāma
gptkbp:contains history of Anuradhapura
legend of Vijaya
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:coversPeriod 543 BCE to 4th century CE
gptkbp:dateWritten 5th century CE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Culavamsa
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mahāvaṃsa
gptkbp:importantFor source for Sri Lankan and South Asian history
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Dipavamsa
gptkbp:language gptkb:Pali
gptkbp:preservedIn Buddhist monasteries in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:significance oldest historical record of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:structure chapters (paricchēda)
gptkbp:subject history of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:usedBy Buddhist monk
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bahuśrutīya
gptkb:Dharmottarīya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7