The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c32.2
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¹ In this chapter names and titles usually appear in their Pāli form, and the following abbreviations are used: Mhv. = Mahāvaṃsa, Dīp. = Dīpavaṃsa, Msr. = Mahāsammata-rājāvaliya, R. = Rājāvaliya, Rvp. = Rājavikrama-pravṛittiya, Vr. = Vijaya-rājāvaliya, Vrv. = Vijayarāja-vaṃsaya. Dates in these works are given in years of the era of Buddha (A.B.) which probably began originally in 483 B.C. After the middle of the eleventh century A.D. the era of Buddha was reckoned from 544 B.C.