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  1. 1. Jump up to: 1Holt, John (2005). _The Buddhist Vishnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture_. Columbia University Press. pp.6–7, 67–87, 97–100, 343, 413. ISBN978-0231133234.

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  2. 2. Jump up to: 1Tennent, James Emerson (1859). "The Northern Forests". _Ceylon; an account of the island physical, historical and topographical, with notices of its natural history, antiquities, and productions_. London: Longman, Green; Longman, Roberts. p.20. OCLC2975965.

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  3. 3. Jump up to: 1Samuel Jeyanayagam Gunasegaram. (1985). _Selected Writings._

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  4. 4. Jump up to: 1Arumugam, S (1980). "Some ancient Hindu temples of Sri Lanka" (2 ed.). University of California: 37. OCLC8305376.

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  5. 5. ↑K.M. de Silva. _History of Ceylon: From the earliest times to 1505._ p. 768

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  6. 6. Jump up to: 1Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville. (1759). _A geographical illustration of the map of India, tr. from the French of Mon. d'Anville

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  7. 7. Jump up to: 1Humphrey William Codrington. _Short History of Ceylon_. p. 36

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  8. 8. ↑Sachindra Kumar Maity. _Masterpieces of Pallava Art_. p. 4

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  9. 9. ↑The Ceylon historical journal, Volume 17. (1970). p. 47

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  10. 10. ↑Willian Skeen. (1870). _Adam's Peak: legendary, traditional, and historic notices of the Samanala

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  11. 11. Jump up to: 1Nirmala Ramachandran. Hindu Legacy to Sri Lanka. (2004). p. 19

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  12. 12. ↑Horatio John Suckling. _Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical_ (1994). p. 262

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  13. 13. ↑Ross E. Dunn. (1986). _The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the fourteenth century_. pp. 242-243

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  14. 14. Jump up to: 1Arnold Wright. _Twentieth century impressions of Ceylon: its history, people, commerce_ p. 416

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  15. 15. ↑C. S. Navaratnam. (1964) _A short history of Hinduism in Ceylon_ p. 52. The Saivite shrine of Tenavaram was called _Naga-Rasa Nila Koil_ (Naga Risa/Rasa/Raja Nila Temple).

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  16. 16. ↑"Fields (of the sowing capacity of) twenty amunas of sprouted seed in Paravasara, as they appertained to the shrine (kovil) named Nagarisa from the beginning, fields (of the sowing capacity of) five amunas from Pategamana in Navadunna, and the allotments included in Paravasara, which were bought by Vendarasa–konda Perumal, the Captain of the Body– guard, from the Department of Royal Villages – (as these lands) were settled (as belonging to the kovil) so that offerings and observances to god may be maintained without cessation

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  17. 17. ↑Battuta Ibn. _Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325–1354_. p. 260. Also spelt "Dinaur" (anglicized spelling) in other sources.

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  18. 18. Jump up to: 1Battuta Ibn. _Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325–1354_. p. 260.

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  19. 19. Jump up to: 1Robert D. Kaplan. (2010) _Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power_

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  20. 20. ↑Tomé Pires; Francisco Rodrigues; Armando Cortesão (2005). _The Suma oriental of Tome Pires: an account of the east, from the red sea to China, written in Malacca and India in 1512–1515; and, The book of Francisco Rodrigues: pilot-major of the armada that discovered Banda and the Moluccas: rutter of a voyage in the red sea, nautical rules, almanack and, maps, written and drawn in the east before 1515_. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p.85. ISBN9788120605992. OCLC226252917.

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  21. 21. ↑Henry W. Cave. (1996). _Golden Tips_. p. 466

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  22. 22. Jump up to: 1Fernão de Queyroz. (1680) _The temporal and spiritual conquest of Ceylon_

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  23. 23. Jump up to: 1Diogo do Couto. _The history of Ceylon, from the earliest times to 1600 A. D._. do Couto describes _Mature_ and the beauty and destruction of _Tanaveram_ at great length. He calls the many shrines within its enclosed walls "handsome chapels"

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  24. 24. ↑Constance Frederica, Gordon Cumming. (1893) _Two happy years in Ceylon_. (Volume 2). p. 446

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  25. 25. ↑Colin McKenzie. (1796). _Remarks on some antiquities on the west and south coasts of Ceylon: written in the year 1796_.

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  26. 26. Jump up to: 1Robert Percival. (1805). _An account of the island of Ceylon, containing its history, geography, natural history, with the manners and customs of its various inhabitant._ p. 153

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  27. 27. ↑John Whitchurch Bennett. _Ceylon and its capabilities: an account of its natural resources, indigenous productions, and commercial facilities_. p. 325.

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  28. 28. ↑James Cordiner. A Description of Ceylon. (1807) p. 197

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  29. 29. ↑Robert Fellowes; Robert Knox. _The history of Ceylon: from the earliest period to the year MDCCCXV 1815: with characteristic details of the religion, laws, & manners of the people and a collection of their moral maxims & ancient proverbs_. (1815). p. 270

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