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The Mahavansi, the Raja-Ratnacari, and the Raja-Vali; Forming the Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon Also, a Collection of Tracts Illustrative of T - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ... necessary to make a new town, and caused the colon-tree to be cut down, and made a new town upon the spot; and caused to be cultivated many paddy fields, and many dams and ponds to be made, and also furnished his father with a proper guard, and many citizens to live in the said new town; and after he had finished every thing to his father's satisfaction, he returned back to his city Bareness; and the new city was called by the name of the said colon-tree, viz. Colan Nuwara. The four kings, the brothers to the queen of the King Rama, had eight daughters each, altogether making thirty-two princesses; and when the King Rama asked the said thirty-two princesses in marriage for his sons, the fathers of the said princesses refused, saying, that it was a disgrace to give their daughters in marriage to the sons of the king of Bareness. However, the said thirty-two princes sent private letters to the daughters of the said four A city in the middle kingdom of Jambu-dwipa. kings, and when the princesses came to bathe in the river the princes came there also, and each taking a princess by the hand, carried them into the city of Colan, or Dewodanam Nuwara. The fathers of the said princesses having heard that their daughters were carried to the city of Colan Nuwara by their own nephews, they rejoiced; and since that time the princes of the city of Kimboolwat have continued to take in marriage the princesses of the city of Colan Nuwara, and the princes of Colan to take the princesses of the city of Kimboolwat; and by that means the royal families of the said two cities are of one rank. From the King MahaSammatta to the King Saddene, or Sooddodana, there reigned 700 and 7797 kings, and out of them were 334,593 crowned kings. The King Saddene had two younger brothers, call...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236364570
- ISBN 13 9781236364579
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages66
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