[forty one] ^ While in the Mahavamsa as indeed in The traditional Sanskrit and Pali literature in general, the Nagas are under no circumstances represented as human beings, but as a class of superhuman beings, who inhabited a subterranean planet. Early depictions of circa-9th-century Central Java closely resembled Indic https://casper7789009.timeblog.net/63627253/the-23naga-diaries