A History of Indian Literature v2.c27.29

v2.c27.29

P. 215 note 2, add: On the sources of the Mahāvaṃsa see also *W. Geiger* in ZII 7, 1929, 259ff., who shows that Mahānāma probably also used a chronicle of Rohaṇa, and puññapotthakāni (books containing lists of pious foundations), besides popular (oral) traditions.