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About the book:- The author is especially known for this brilliant work on the Sri Lankan chronicles that list the kings and their rule Mahavamsa and Culavamsa in these two volumes of work. Ceylon itself there are traces of an era starting from 483 B.C. whereas later, almost certainly in the 7th century, 544/3 B.C. was adopted as the year of the Nirvana. In the face of all this uncertainty it is advisable in our chronological investigations to rely chiefly on foreign testimony regarding the history of Ceylon. There are above all the synchronisms afforded by Chinese annals and South Indian inscriptions. Then we have the confirmatory evidence of Sinhalese inscriptions, especially those of the mediaeval and modern times. If we go back for the change of the era to Sirimeghavaijija and his immediate successors there is an inherent probability in this. It coincides with the transition from the Mahavamsa to the Culavamsa. That we have here a significant breach in the history of Ceylon, a powerful reaction in favour of the Theravada after a period of decline can scarcely be disputed. So, this book is an indispensable one in the context of Sri Lankan history. About the author:- Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. He is especially known for his work on the Sri Lankan chronicles Mahāvaṃsa and Cūlavaṃsa of which he made critical editions of the Pali text and English translations with the help of assistant translators. After completing his Ph.D. thesis in 1878, he became a lecturer on ancient Iranian and Indian philology and then a master at a gymnasium. In 1891 he was offered a chair in Indo-European Comparative Philology at the University of Erlangen, succeeding Spiegel. His first published works were on ancient Iranian history, archaeology and philology. He travelled to Ceylon in 1895 to study the language. The Title 'Culavamsa Being The More Recent Part Of The Mahavamsa (2nd) written/authored/edited by Wilhelm Geiger, C. Mabel Rickmers', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121248105 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 405 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 2nd. PODA