CHAP. III.] CONQUEST OF CEYLOtf BY W1JAYO. 



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Tissa in the spot at Anarajapoora, where, after the B.C. 

 lapse of more than 2000 years, it still continues to 289 - 

 flourish and to receive the profound veneration of all 

 Buddhist nations. 1 



TBE BO-TREE AT 



1 The planting of the Bo-tree took i 288 ; it is consequently at the present 



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place in the eighteenth year of the 

 reign of King Devenipiatissa, B.C. 



time 2147 years old. 



