- Mahavamsa is a poem about the kings of Sri Lanka written during the reign of Mahasena of Anuradhapura(302CE).
- It chronicles the events from the arrival of Prince Vijaya from India in 543 BCE till the times of Mahasena.
- Authored by a Buddhist monk.
- Other chronicles of Srilankan history are Rajavellya, Chulavamsa, and Dipavamsa.
- All these Chronicles are written in Pali except Rajavellya in Sinhalese.