India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Utarapura-atana is the name of a sub-district of  Upalabijaka, which existed in the ancient kingdom of Anurādhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—In the Utarapura-atana sub-division of Upalabijaka district were:—(i) Honagariya or Honagirika-vihāra, called Hunagiri-vehera in the Sīgiri graffiti, the present ruins on the hill Nāṭṭunkanda, about ¼ mile west of the 3rd mile on the Kahaṭagasdigiliya-Ratmalegahevāva road; (ii) Erekapi; (iii) Pajiṇa Honagiriya tank; (iv) Pajubata; (v) Jaba tank; (vi) Paḍi tank; (vii) Sidaviya; (viii) Karajaviya; (ix) Dataviya; (x) Kabaragama tank; (xi) Maducaya; (xii) Sivilaviya; (xiii) Vijita; (xiv) Culatisa; (xv) Padiya; (xvi) Pataṇi tank; (xvii) Valimahamaḍa; (xviii) Maṇikiragama tank (not Maṇikāragāmakavāpi in the western division); (xix) Nilavijita-mahavihara, present Debelgala-vihāra, 1½ miles north-west of the 67½ mile on the Anurādhapura-Trincomalee road.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Full-text (+4): Patani, Erekapi, Sivilaviya, Padiya, Sidaviya, Kabaragama, Culatisa, Pajina-honagiriya, Valimahamada, Pajubata, Karajaviya, Dataviya, Jaba, Padi, Maducaya, Manikiragama, Nilavijita-mahavihara, Honagirika, Hunagiri, Nattunkanda.

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