Bambaragala, Theldeniya, Sri Lanka.

The birth place of the Buddha.

The Sage and the teacher called Kapila was a noble person who lived in ancient Lakdiva

The Sage and the teacher called Kapila was a noble person who lived in ancient Lakdiva[1] The king Chethiya[2] had five sons. Following the instructions of the Sage called Kapila, they built cities in different places and lived in those cities. One of them, built and lived in the city called Hasthipura[3], how it was called in the past, Kurunegala, as it is called in the present day. This incident is mentioned in Poojawaliya ( Page 111). In...

කපිල නම් වූ ඇදුරු ඉසිවරයා පුරාණ ලක්දිව විසූ උත්තමයෙකි

803.   අචරිය කපිල පුත බගදෙවහ ච      පරුමක අනුඩි ච මපිත ලෙණෙ     අගත අනගත ශගශ    ආචාර්ය කපිලගේ පුත‍්‍ර භගදේව සහ ප‍්‍රමුඛ අනුඩි ද විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද ලෙණ ආ නො ආ සංඝයාට ය. (Inscription of Ceylon, 61 වන පිට) ...