C:iAP. HI.] CONQUEST OF CFA'LON BY WIJAYO. 



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lapse of more than 2000 years, it still contiiiiios to n.c. 

 flourish and to receive the profound veneration of all ^^^• 

 Buddhist nations.^ 



>K«pir>iqj^m_ii^ lS» 



THE BO-TKJii; AT AN AHAJAPUOliA , 



^ The planting of tlie Bo-tree took 

 place in the eighteenth year of the 

 reign of King Deveuipiatissa, B.C. 



288 ; it is consequently at the present 

 time 2147 years old. 



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