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This 2 volume set is a mine of information on the life of all the births of the Buddha and the names of the places associated with legend and history in the Pali cannons of Buddhist texts. The author G.P. Malasekra, Head of the Indo-Pali studies at the Ceylon University, compiled this monumental work after working for four years; It was issued in 1937. She was a student of Caroline A.F. Rhys Davids.