Three chapters on President in Mahavamsa - Report
April 6, 2011 07:39 pm
A new volume, with three chapters dedicated to President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be added to the Mahavamsa -- a historical poem written
in Pali language describing reigns of Sri Lankan rulers, Cultural Affairs
ministry said today.
The Mahavamsa or The Great Chronicle describes the Sri Lankan history from the
coming of Vijaya in 543 BC to the reign of King Mahasena (6th Century BC to 4th
Century AD). A companion volume, the Culavamsa or Choolavansha (“lesser
chronicle”), covers the period from the 4th century to the British takeover of
Sri Lanka in 1815.
“A panel of eminent writers have begun the work on the sixth volume. This will
cover the period between 1978 and 2010,” Wimal Rubasinghe, the secretary to the
ministry, said.
The ministry has decided to dedicated three chapters to Rajapaksa as opposed to
his predecessors whose periods will be limited to two chapters or less.
“Rajapaksa’s achievement in ending the Island’’s 30-year separatist war has no
parallels in the chronicle,” the official said, PTI reports.
