CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE CHAPTER

Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/11/2016
2:30 pm

Location
Alvie Hall

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CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE CHAPTER

CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE CHAPTER
At our next meeting
CHANDRA WIKRAMAGAMAGE
Professor Emeritus
University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Sri Lanka

will present an illustrated talk on

“The Significance of the New Edition of
5 Volumes of the Mahavamsa”

The major corrections in this new edition of Mahavamsa include;
Correction of the wrong titles
Correction of the wrong chapter numbers
Use of Moggallana’s edition of Mahanama’s Magadhi translation of Mahavamsa as volume I
Inclusion of the economic, political and religions history of Portuguese and Dutch invaders in Sri Lanka into the relevant chapters of Mahavamsa volume II
Addition of corrected chronology of kings of Sri Lanka

PROF CHANDRA WIKRAMAGAMAGE
has worked at various universities in Sri Lanka and was the Archaeological Director, working for the UNESCO – Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Project. He is the author of many books on Sri Lankan history and archeology in English and Sinhala.

Date: Sunday 6 November 2016
Time: 2:30 p.m.

Please note new venue

Alvie Hall
314 High Street Road, Mount Waverley
(Melway 61 D11)
for enquiries contact Hemal 0427 725 740

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