Undoubtedly, Mahavamsa focuses essentially on the Sinhala-Buddhists. What else could historian Mahanama do writing in the 5 th century? What else was there for him to write about at the time? He ...

In time they came to be known as the Sinhala-Buddhists who steered their way triumphantly down the passage of time into the 21 st century. The Mahavamsa says that all those (followers of Vijaya) were ...