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the only race on this planet that lives and thrives on myths, fabrication , lies and genocide is the pseudo Aryans race - hint Mahavamsa
LOL........ Mahavansa is regarded as historically accurate on most of the time. It is the same Mahavansa you take to scrutinize Sinhalese on the Vijaya incident.
The Dipavamsa is considered "source material" to the Mahavamsa, The latter is more coherently organized, and is probably the greatest religious and historical Epic work in the Pali language. The historiography (i.e., the chronology of kings, battles etc.) given in the Mahavamsa, and to that extent in the Dipavasma, are believed to be largely correct from about the time of the death of Asoka.
Dipavamsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geiger also mainatains that there is a clear and consistent endeavour to make out a systematic chronology so as to inspire confidence at the outset. Whole sections of the Dipavamsa are devoted to the purpose of synchronizing the history of the Buddhist church with the secular history of the island, and the latter with the history of India, an exercise that would lend more credibility to the contents of the book. There is more important external support for the Chronicles. For example, the list of Indian kings before Asoka, and the statements about Bimbisara and Ajatasattu as contemporaries of the Buddha agree with the canonical writings according to Geiger. A Chinese pilgrim by the name of Hiuen-thsang mentions the name Mahendra as the missionary who spread the true doctrine in the kingdom of Sinhala.
Also the history of the Missions in the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa is corroborated by inscriptions discovered in India.
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