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gptkbp:instanceOf
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history
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Mahanama
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gptkbp:contains
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legendary and historical accounts
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:Sri_Lanka
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gptkbp:coversPeriod
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543 BCE to 4th century CE
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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influenced Sri Lankan national identity
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gptkbp:date
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5th century CE
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gptkbp:firstTranslation
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1837
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gptkbp:firstTranslationLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:focusesOn
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kings of Sri Lanka
Buddhist monastic history
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gptkbp:genre
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history
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mahavamsa (chronicle)
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Culavamsa
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Pali
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gptkbp:notableFor
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introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka
account of arrival of Vijaya
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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various Buddhist monasteries
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gptkbp:relatedWork
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gptkb:Dipavamsa
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Buddhism
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gptkbp:significance
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primary source for early Sri Lankan history
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gptkbp:structure
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chapters (paricchēda)
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gptkbp:subject
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history of Sri Lanka
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gptkbp:usedBy
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historians of South Asia
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mahathupa
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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