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The '''Culavamsa''', also '''Chulavamsa''', (Pāli: "lesser Chronicle") is a historical record, written in the Pāli language, of the kings of Sri_Lanka. It covers the period from the 4th_century to 1815.
The Culavamsa was compiled over many years by Sinhala Buddhist Monks. It is generally considered to be a sequel to the Mahavamsa ("great chronicle") written in the 6th_century by the monk Mahanama. The Mahavamsa and the Culavamsa are sometimes thought of as a single work (referred to as the "Mahavamsa") spanning over two millennia of Sri_Lankan history.
The Culavamsa is divided into two parts. The first part begins with the 4th century arrival in Sri Lanka of a relic, said to be a tooth of Siddhartha_Gautama (founder of Buddhism) and continues to the reign of King Parakramabahu the Great (1153 – 1186). While the authorship of the first part is traditionally ascribed to the monk Dhammakitti, many historians now believe it to be a collaborative effort, written by a number of monks. The second part, written over many years, continues the history of the Sri Lankan monarchy until its end in 1815, when Sri Lanka was conquered by the British_Empire.
A German translation of the Culavamsa was completed by Wilhelm Geiger in 1930. This was subsequently translated into English by Mabel Haynes Bode, and the English translation was revised by Geiger.
==See also==
* History_of_Sri_Lanka
* Buddhist_texts
* Mahawamsa
Category:Buddhist_texts
Category:History_of_Sri_Lanka
Category:Religion_in_Sri_Lanka
Category:Sri_Lankan_literature
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