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T. S. ELIOT
"If a person could study the life of society of another period, he studies his own history."
H. G. WELLS
"Human history is the history of human ideologies"
PROFESSOR JEOFRY
"It's a subject that presents rapid changes"
TREVYLIAN
"History is not an isolated subject, but a mixture of all other subjects"
STUART PIGGOT
"History is the study of the human society and it's activities from ancient times to the present"
DEEPAVAMSA
5th C BC. Historical information about the island
MAHAVAMSA
%th or ^th C BC. Mahanama.
SAMANTHAPASDIKA
Regarding the establishment of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
THUPAVAMSA
Sri Mahabodhi. Mining and working of metals in Sri Lanka.
BODHIVAMSA
Sri Mahabodhi. Bellanvila Raja Maha Viharaya.
DATHUVAMSA
Tooth relic. Credicts construction of Yatala stupa in Tissamaharama to regional King Mahanaga.
PUJAVALIYA
History of offerings. Written by Mayurapada. Written in the latter part of King Parakramabahu.
NIKAYASANGRAHAYA
Fortifications made by Alagakkonara in Anuradhapura. Information about Silapassaya viharaya in the south
RAJAWALIYA
King Rajasinghe and the tunnels he built.
AMAAWATHURA
Written by Gurulugami. Explains the Purusadammasaarathi quality of the Buddha.