The Mahavamsa

The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka

Composed in the late 5th or early 6th Century CE, by Ven. Mahanama Thera.

This translation is by Wilhelm Geiger (1912).

I - The Visit of the Tathagata
II - The Race of Mahasammata
III - The First Council
IV - The Second Council
V - The Third Council
VI - The Coming of Vijaya
VII - The Consecrating of Vijaya
VIII - The Consecrating of Panduvasudeva
IX - The Consecrating of Abhaya
X - The Consecrating of Pandukabhaya
XI - The Consecrating of Devanampiya Tissa
XII - The Converting of Different Countries
XIII - The Coming of Mahinda
XIV - The Entry into the Capital
XV - The Acceptance of the Maha Vihara
XVI - The Acceptance of the Cetiyapabbata-Vihara
XVII - The Arrival of the Relics
XVIII - The Recieving of the Great Bodhi-tree
XIX - The Coming of the Bodhi Tree
XX - The Nibbana of the Thera
XXI - The Five Kings
XXII - The Birth of Prince Gamani
XXIII - The Levying of the Warriors
XXIV - The War of the Two Brothers
XXV - The Victory of Duttha Gamani
XXVI - The Consecrating of Maricavatti-vihara
XXVII - The Consecrating of the Lohapasada
XXVIII - The Obtaining of the Wherewithal to build the Great Thupa
XXIX - The Beginning of the Great Thupa
XXX - The Making of the Relic Chamber
XXXI - The Enshrining of the Relics
XXXII - The Entrance to the Tusita-Heaven
XXXIII - The Ten Kings
XXXIV - The Eleven Kings
XXXV - The Twelve Kings
XXXVI - The Thirteen Kings
XXXVII - King Mahasena

Source: These Mahavamsa texts are revised versions of those originally hosted by Rhajiv Ratnatunga at Lakdiva.org.
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