![]() ![]() ![]() First part (Chapters 1-37) the Mahavamsa, the second part (Chapters 38-79) the Culavamsa part 1, and the third and final part (Chapters 80-101) the Culavamsa part 2. Overall, the Chronicle has over 200,000 words of text in about 960 printed pages. There is evidence as per Wilhelm Geiger, there was another compilation prior to this known as “Mahavamsa Atthakatha” and Mahathera Mahanama relied on this text.Įarlier document known as “Dipavamsa” also come down to us which is much simpler and contain less information than Mahavamsa, probably compiled using previously mentioned “Mahavamsa Atthakatha”. These records were combined and compiled into a single document in the 5th century CE by Buddhist monk Mahathera Mahanama. Mahavamsa Original Version Chapters 1-37 | The Mahavamsa simplified version | Culavamsaīuddhist monks of Mahavihara, maintained this historical record of the Sri Lankan history starting from 3rd century B.C., some what similar to a modern day diary. ![]()
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