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Spiritual relationship with god "Kataragama[edit]

Just noticed this new paragraph. Someone needs to verify this by adding sources! — Preceding unsigned comment added by KanelSukker (talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The same text of this note is posted to all the three articles Kandula, Dutthagamani and Sri Lanka.

Some inconsistency may lurk in description in those articles.

The article Kandula talks about King Duttagamani (101 - 77 BC) who mounted Kandula the elephant during the wars that led to the unification of Sri Lanka.
The article on Dutthagamani (king of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, from 101 to 77 BC) says, "He had to fight his brother, Saddha Tissa, to gain his crown," and "He marched north and killed the Tamil leader Elara."
Sri Lanka recites defender kings of the Sinhara nation against Tamil invasion, one of whom is Dutugemunu, but gives no account of his reign years.
King Dutugemunu (161-137 BC) calls Dutugemunu a king who defeated a Tamil king Elara, and "united the Sinhalese for the first time." His reign is 161-137 BC. Also described is that as a prince Dutugemunu fought and beat his younger brother Tissa to have Kandula the elephant, and as the king he mounted Kandula in battle with the Tamil army.
Daily Mirror Online : Opinion says, "the great king Duttagamani, better known as Dutugemunu."
Unfortunately not so readable as a whole, DUTUGEMUNU EPISODE RE-EXAMINED includes a passage "whether the Dutthagamani's war is an isolated event in history, we find that it antedates the reign of Duttagamani at least by one generation."
Here is an English translation of a few chapters of Mahavamsa (the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka), which may or not serve for solving our problem.
- The Mahavamsa - the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka

Toby (YebisYa) IQUEPPE 18:51, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)

Edit complete, evalutation requested[edit]

Completed total rewrite some time ago, have now submitted this article for evaluation and rating. 131.111.8.98 14:00, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Usurper[edit]

There are recent TV programs (NatGeo, Discovery) that dispute incidents and figures like The Exodus, Noah's Ark, David, Goliath and Abraham and many more Bible stories and figures happened or existed. These science based programs mention that there are no other evidence apart from the Bible.

Similarly apart from Mahavamsa, is there any other item that indicate that Elara (monarch) is a foreign king ? He may have been born and brought up in Sri Lanka. In fact everything that is mentioned in the Mahavamsa should be checked and verified as it is written by few people possibly to promote their own political and religious interest.

I guess as times passes, the technology develops, Sri Lanka and India become richer, people become wiser and not-narrow minded, it is possible that one day truth will come out on all that is mentioned in the Mahavamsa.

Can a comment be added to wikipedia article on the basis that is in Mahavamsa ?

-Iross1000 (talk) 02:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC).[reply]

User:Hillcountries's claim that king Vijaya was not Sinhalese[edit]

There is currently a discussion going on related to this article about this monarch's ancestry on Talk:Prince Vijaya#User:Hillcountries's claim that king Vijaya was not Sinhalese. Please comment there.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:29, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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