[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s5.128 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.128 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.128 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.128) ² But only \*some\* legends are inventions of the Singhalese monks. To a great extent, the historical as well as the legendary traditions of the Aṭṭhakathās go back to \*Indian\* sources (s. above, p. 184). \*Sten Konow\* (in Festgabe Garbe, p. 33 ff.) has shown this with regard to certain narratives (Dīpavaṃsa XV, Mahāvaṃsa XVII) which \*a priori\* would have been considered to be Singhalese in origin. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.127) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.129) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Dīpavaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.dipavamsa) — Pāli - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.128) · Pramāṇa