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A Study of Buddhism, Gender, and Politics in Early Second Millennium Sri Lanka > In this unstable balance of power, greater emphasis was placed on the dynastic pedigrees of consorts and wives brought to the island from powerful mainland kingdoms, from which Lanka’s kings could borrow prestige, and on whom they could potentially call on for military support. Once on the island, however, it seems that many of these women were not content to merely be accessories to their husbands’ claims to power. Their inscriptions speak to the considerable economic, political, and religious influence they wielded throughout the interregnal period.

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Mythologies of Bosat Viṣṇu This article explores two key mythic cycles that shape Viṣṇu’s divine profile in Sri Lankan, Buddhist culture. The first involves abbreviated Sinhala versions of episodes from the Rāmāyaṇa, which influence the portrayal of Rāma and his connection to Viṣṇu. The second myth, widely spread in Sinhala folklore, depicts Viṣṇu as the righteous conqueror of the asura Bhasma.

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Sigiriya, also known as Lion Rock, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic landmarks.
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb Fresh off their stunning masterpiece of an attack on Pearl Harbor, in early 1942 the Japanese sent their combined aircraft carrier fleet to do the same thing to the British Far East fleet at their por...

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