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The Mahāvaṃsa or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon, was originally written in the Pali language, it was translated into German by Prof. Wilhelm Geiger and then into English by Mrs. Mabel Haynes Bode. The Mahāvaṃsa is the carefully kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka written in the style of a poem. It covers the extensive history of Ancient Sri Lanka ranging from the early beginnings to the reign of King Mahasena of Anuradhapura. Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger was a German Orientalist known especially for translating the Sri Lankan chronicles Mahāvaṃsa and Cūlavaṃsa.