References in Mahavamsa
The Mahawamsa, the Sri Lankan Pali chronicle, mentions that the legendary founder of the Sinhalese, prince Vijaya, left his homeland of Lala and landed first in Suppäraka (the Pali form of the Sanskrit Surparaka) identified with modern Sopara, in Thana district north of Mumbai. Mahawamsa, Chapter 6
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