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We, however, donot know either the date of its com-
position or the name of its author. It must be earlier
than the ijth century, because it is cited by Gandha-
vavnsa. In 1844, tlie king of Siam Phra : Nang Khao
asked the Prince Paramanuxit Xinnorot, then known
under the name of Suvanijaramsi and chief of the
monastery of Vat Xetuphon at Bangkok to collect
fragments of this work and make a complete text.
The Prince executed the order in the first six months
of the year 1845 and composed the present recension
of the book, in thirty chapters, which is now found
in Siam and Camboja,
Of the historical literature in Siam, Saddham-
masangaha gives a historical summary of the Bud-
dhist Councils and of Buddhism in Ceylon. It was
composed by Dhammakitti. We learn from the
colophon that this monk went over to Ceylon, where
he received upasampada and studied with the
master Dhammakitti. After finishing his studies,
he came back to his country Ayodhyapura and wrote
his work in the L&iikdrama (monastery of Lanka),
built by the king Paramaraja. The text viSaddhamma-
sahgaha has been edited by N. Saddhananda in J. P.
T. S.l
The monk Bodhiramsi wrote two historical
works—Camadevlvamso, and Sihzngahiddna at Xieng-
mni. The author, however, does not say when these
two treatises were composed. Prince Damrong sup-
(1) J. P. T. a 1890, p. 21,