’Mahawanshaya’ declared a Word Documentary Heritage by UNESCO

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The ‘Mahawanshaya', one of the world's longest unbroken historical accounts presenting Sri Lanka's history in chronological order from the 6th century BCE, has been included by UNESCO in the list of the 64 new items of documentary heritage inscribed on the Memory of the World International Register in 2023.

“One of the world's longest unbroken historical accounts, the Mahavamsa is the first of its kind in South Asia, initiating a mature historiographic tradition, presenting Sri Lanka’s history in a chronological order from the 6th century BCE,” the UNESCO said.

“The authenticity of the facts provided in the document has been confirmed through archaeological research conducted in Sri Lanka and India. It is an important historical source in South Asia containing crucial information about the lifetime of the Buddha, the Emperor Asoka and the rise of Buddhism as a world religion. The document played a significant role in popularizing Buddhism in Southeast Asia and contributed singularly to the identity of Emperor Asoka in Indian history.

The existence of a number of manuscripts of the Mahavamsa in several countries as well as the transliteration and translation of the text to several Southeast Asian and European languages stand testimony to its immense historical, cultural, literal, linguistic and scholarly values,” it added.

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Vis Tuesday, 27 June 2023 09:08 AM

Fastest way to destroy a society is make them look superior, praise them high, make them deluded, entertain them always the magic will start; human tissues are elastic, if unused tissues will shrink, including the nerve tissues. They will not work hard they will request everything free, they will not self-question or think critically, they will not learn or prepare for global changes, They will expect others to give everything free and entertain them and they cannot recover for centuries. Other societies will well adapted and flexible to hard life not the praised society. Jews knows this, that is how they got 80 Nobel prices. They don't over value them. They always work hard.

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Kumara Ilangasinghe Tuesday, 27 June 2023 11:40 AM

Hey Viz You have got your wires crossed! This is a historical record and nothing to do with superiority or inferiority of any race. Maybe you don't have any grey matter to understand the significance of this record.

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History Tuesday, 27 June 2023 11:17 AM

Each country is proud its history and origin... Whites think that they are superior to black .Jews think that they are superior to all other races . Chinese think that they are superior to Indians.. Indian think that Arians are superior to Dravidians...Arabs think that they are superior to non Arabs...so this superiority complex never stop until you die ..Devil said I'm superior to man ..who was created by mud and yet I'm created by fire ..fire is better than mud ..

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Jaffna Boys Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:47 PM

But the joke is the claim by the North Indians that they are Arians , superior to the dark skin Dravians of South India. Do you all understand now why we support China against India.

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CG Tuesday, 27 June 2023 01:34 PM

What is BCE (instead of using BC)? Before Christian Era? Whatever is done in the now-atheist West to erase Christ by changing to BCE is not succeeding. Should Sri Lanka follow the failed abbreviations of BCE?

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Ganesh Tuesday, 27 June 2023 07:03 PM

Simply put, BCE (Before Common Era) is a secular version of BC (before Christ). CE (Common Era) is the secular equivalent of AD (anno Domini), which means “in the year of the Lord” in Latin

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Volker Metzger Tuesday, 27 June 2023 01:44 PM

The Mahavamsa has rightly been included by UNESCO in the list of the World Document Heritage, as the justification given shows. It is worth noting in this connection that the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, whose special affinity with Buddhism is well known, counts the Mahavamsa among the books on Buddhism that he particularly recommends! The Buddhist monks Nyanatiloka and Nyanaponika, who later became famous, followed the study of his philosophy, which was close to Buddhism!

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Buddhist Tuesday, 27 June 2023 03:55 PM

So UNESCO accepts that a lion can mate with a human and produce a human? Really!

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