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von Gutschmid, A. Geschichte Irans. Tübingen, 1888.
Justi, F. Geschichte Irans. Grund. d. ir Phil. II.
Kennedy, J. The Secret of Kanishka. J. R. A. S. , 1912.
Konow, Sten. Indoskythische Beiträge. Sitz. K. P. A. , 1916.
Marquardt, J. Êrānsahr. See Bibl. to Ch. xiv, 2.
Rawlinson, G. The sixth great Oriental Monarchy. London, 1873.
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Rawlinson, H. G. Bactria. London, 1912,
--Intercourse between India and the Western World. Cambridge, 1916.
Thomas, F. W. Sakastana. J. R. A. S. , 1906,
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Thomas, F. W. The date of Kanishka, J. R. A. S. , 1913. [For the discussion
on this subject see also J. RA S. , 1914. ]
For geography and ancient routes see Bibl. to Ch. II, A, 3 and 4, also
Grund. d. ir. Phil. 11, pp. 610-11 (Afghānistān, Baluchistan, India).
SUMMARY OF NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE,
For the Kharoshthi coin-legends see:
Bühler, G. Kharosthi Inscriptions on Indo-Grecian coins. W. Z. K. M. viii.
Rapson, E. J. On the alphabet of the Kharosthi documents discovered by
Dr Stein at Niya in Chinese Turkestān. Trans. Inter. Or. Cong. , Algiers,
1905. Pt. 1. Paris, 1906.
For the letter 'v in the name V ima Kadphises see Rapson, op. cit. pp.
218-19.
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CHAPTER XXIV
THE EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHERN INDIA
ORIGINAL SOURCES.
1. Greek and Roman writers. See Bibl. to Chapters xv and xvi, 1.
2. Purāņas. See Bibl. to Ch. XIII, 1.
3. Inscriptions : (a) the inscriptions of Açoka. See Bibl. to Ch. xx, 1.
(b) the inscriptions of Southern India generally.
South Indian Inscription (Arch. Sur. of Ind. , New Imperial Series), 1890
etc.
Epigraphia Carnatica, 1886 etc.
Epigraphia Indica, 1892 etc.
Reports of the Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy.
Burnell, A. C. The elements of South Indian Palaeography. 2nd edn.
1878.
4. Coins.
Elliot, W. Coins of Southern India. London, 1885.
Smith, V. A. Āndhra History and Coinage. Z. D. M. G. 1902-3.
Rapson, E. J. B. M. Cat. , Coins of the Andhra Dynasty ete. 1908.
Sewell, R. Roman Coins found in India, J. R. A. S. 1901.
MODERN WORKS.
5. Ethnology. See Bibl. Ch. II, A, 2.
6. Archaeology.
Madras, Annual Reports of the Archaeological Department.
Mysore, Annual Reports of the Archaeological Department.
Hyderabad Archaeological Series.
Travancore Archaeological Series. Madras, 1910 etc.
The Tamilian Antiquary. Trichinopoly, 1907 etc.
Jouveau-Dubreuil, G. Ancient History of the Deccan. Pondicherry, 1920.
-- Archéologie du Sud de l'Inde. Annales du Musee Guimet, 2 vols.
Paris, 1914.
--Pallava Antiquities Vol. i London, 1916. Vol. II. Pondicherry, 1918.
-Dravidian Architecture. Madras, 1917.
The Indian Antiquary (Bombay, 1872 etc. ) contains numerous articles on
Southern India. See also Bibl. to Ch. xxvI. , 2.
7. History : (a) Chronology.
Garrett, H. L. O. The Student's Source-book of Indian History. The pre.
Musalman Period. Bombay, 1916.
Gopala Aiyar. Chronology of Ancient India. Madras, 1901 etc.
See also Gen. Bibl. , 4.
(6) History of civilisation.
Oldenberg. H. Ancient India. 2nd edn. Chicago, 1898.
Nandalal De. Civilization in Ancient India. Calcutta, 1903.
de Lorenzo, G.
India e Buddhismo Antico. Bari, 1904.
V. Kanakasabhai Pillai. The Tamils eighteen hundred years ago. Madras,
1904.
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Chintamani Vinayaka Vaidya. Epic India. Bombay, 1907.
Radhakumud Mookerji. A History of Indian Shipping. London, 1912.
--Local Government in Ancient India. 2nd. Oxford, 1920.
P. T. Srinivasa Aiyangar. Life in Ancient India in the Age of the Mantras.
Madras, 1912.
Pramathanath Banerjea. Public Administration in Ancient India. London,
1916.
K. V. Rangaswami Aivanger. Considerations on some Aspects of Ancient
Indian Polity. Madras, 1916.
S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar. The Beginnings of South Indian History.
Madras, 1918.
--Hindu India from original sources. Bombay. 1919.
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar. Corporate Life in Ancient India. Calcutta,
1918.
Praphullachandra Vasu. Indo-Aryan Polity during the period of the Rig
Veda.
Allahabad, 1919.
See also Gen. Bibl. , 3.
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CHAPTER XXV
THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON
ORIGINAL SOURCES.
1. Pali.
For the Mahāvasma and the Dipavamsa see Bibl. to Ch. vii, 1. There
are other translations of the Mabāvamsa by G. Turnour (Colombo, 1837),
and C. Wijesinha (Colombo, 1889),
Dāthāvamsa [a history of the Tooth Relic written by Dhammakitti c. 1200
A. D. ). Kelaniya, 1883.
Mahābodhivamsa [a history of the Bo Tree by Upatissa). Ed. S. A.
Strong. P. T. S. London, 1891.
2. Sinhalese.
Attanagalu-vihāra-vamsaya [a Pāli and Sinhalese history of the Attanagalu
Monastery]. Ed. and trans. J. Alwis. Colombo, 1878 and 1887.
Daladu-pūjavaliya ſa history of the Tooth Relic written in 1295 A. D.
Colombo, 1893.
Mahābodhisamsa [trans. from Pali]. Colombo, 1991 etc.
The Mahāvansi, Rājaratnācari [by Abhaya-rāja of Valgam-pāya), and
the Rājāvali. Ed. E. Upham. London, 1883.
Nikāya-sangraha (a history of Buddhist sects by Dhammakitti. ] Ed. Don
M. de Z. Wickremasinghe. Colombo, 1890.
Pūjā valiya ſa collection of legends and stories of worship by Mayūra-pāda
Thera). Ed. V. Dhammānanda. Colombo, 1903-8.
Rāja-ratnākaraya [a history of Ceylon by Abhaya-raja Thera of Valgam-
pāya, c. 1542 A. D. ). Ed. S. de Silva. Colombo, 1907.
Rājāvaliya [a history of Ceylon). Ed. B. Gunasekhara. Colombo, 1899-
1900.
Thūpavamsa [a history of the sanctuary of Ruvanväli by Parākrama
Pandita). Colombo, 1889 etc.
Much of the historical material is still unpublished. The following
Sinhalese works may be mentioned :
Da! adā-pūjāvaliya, a history of the cult of Tooth Relic, written
c. 1300 A. D. ; Daļadā-sirita, on the same subject, by a priest of the Pāra-
Kumbā Pirivena, written c. 1325 ; Daļadā-sirita, on the same, by Kitsiri
Mevan Rājasundara, in 1485-6 ; Lakrajalo-sirita, a work on the rules of
succession, constitutional powers etc. , of the kings of Ceylon ; Mahābodhi.
vamsa (v. sup. ) [of this work there are two Sinhalese translation, viz. by
Vilgammula Thera (c. 1300) and Sarañankara (1725), besides a Sinhalese
commentary called Dharma-pradipikāva or Bodhivamçaparikathāva by
Guruļu-gomi. There is also a Chūla-bodhivamsa by Sumangala (1798)];
Mahāsammata-rājāvaliya, a history of Ceylon ; Narendra-charitāvalokana-
pradipaya, a modern compilation on Sinhalese history, which however
contains some old materials ; Rājāvaliya (several histories bearing this
name are existent, besides a Rājāvali-sangrahava of abridgement, and two
works in the British Museum styled respectively Suļu Rājāvaliya or
Rājavamça and Rājāvaliya or Suļu Rījavamçaya); Rājavamça-sajikshepaya,
an abridged history ; Rājāvikramapravſittiya, another history ; Ruvanväli-
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kathāva ; Saddharma ratnākaraya, on Buddhist doctrine and legends, by
Vimalakirtti or Siddhārtha (c. 1410) ; Suļu Thūpavamsaya, a history of the
Ruvanväli sanctuary, also known as Ruvanvälisāya-kathāva ; Vijaya-
,
rājāvaliya, a history of Ceylon ; Vijaya-rājavamçaya, another history ;
Vijitavelli-rājāvaliya, a modern local chronicle by Yațihalagala Polvattē
Vidānē, but containing some ancient material,
The Kadaim-pot, or local geographies, sometimes give data of some
historical interest. Mention may be made also of Vāchissara's Pāli version
of Parākrama Pandita's Thūpavamsa, and of the Pāli commentary on the
Mahāvamsa.
There is a copious popular ballad-literature concerned more or less
with the legends of Vijaya, Pañduvas, and Mala Raja, the legendary bero
who is said to have healed the 'perjury-sickness of Panduvas with the aid
of the Väddas. Through him this saga is brought into connexion with the
legend of Rāma, Among these poems may be mentioned the following:
Uru-dānaya ; Vijayindubatanē ; Lankā-bodhi-vastuva ; Kuveni-asnē;
Vijalindu-divi-dos-upata; Vijayindupuvata ; Palaväla-dānē; Simhala-vistarē;
Simhavalli-kathāva; Oddisa-upata; Maha-asnē ; Vādi-yak-yādinna; Malalu-
kumaru-kāvi ; Yāga-alaſkāraya ; Kadavaravidiya ; and Irugal-baņdāra-
kavi.
3. Inscriptions.
Epigraphia Zeylanica. Ed. Don. M. de Z. Wickremasinghe. Oxford, 1904
etc.
Müller, E. Ancient Inscriptions in Ceylon. London, 1883.
4. Coins,
Rhys Davids, T. W. Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon. London,
1877.
MODERN WORKS
3
5 Ethnology.
Seligmann, C. G. and B. Z. The Veddas. Cambridge, 1911.
See also the bibliography given by A. Baines, Ethnography (Grund. d.
indo-ar. Phil. 1912), pp. 210-1,
6. Language and Literature,
Geiger, W. Dipavamsa und Mahāvamsa. Leipzig, 1905.
--Eng. trans. Ethel Coomaraswamy. Colombo, 1908.
--Litteratur und Sprache des Singhalesen. Grund. d. indo-ar Phil. , 1900.
7. Archaeology.
Archaeological Survey of Ceylon, Annual Reports,
Burrows, S, M, Buried Cities of Ceylon. Colombo, 1894.
Cave, H. W. The Ruined Cities of Ceylon. 2nd edn. London, 1900.
Fergusson, J. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture 2nd edn. London,
1910.
Parker, H. Ancient Ceylon. London, 1909.
Smith, V. A. A History of Fine Art in India, Oxford, 1911.
Smither, J. G. Architectural Remains, Anuradhapura. London, 1894,
8. History, Religion, Folk-lore.
Geiger, W. Ceylon. Wiesbaden, 1898.
