Sentence examples for significant relic from inspiring English sources

The earliest Sri Lankan sources, between 1277 and 1283, mention a military leader of this name as a minister in the services of the Pandyan Empire; he raided the western Sri Lankan coast and took the politically significant relic of the Buddha's tooth from the Sinhalese capital city of Yapahuwa.

But he did suggest retaining 11 historically significant relics from the power plant, like the Westinghouse Parsons turbine generator.

Among his most-infamous decisions was an order to demolish the colossal Buddha statues at Bamiyan, culturally significant relics of Afghanistan's pre-Islamic history.

One of the most significant relics of East Prussia's past was eventually chewed up and spat out by the forest – the Jagdschloss, or hunting palace, of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Among the Cathedral's many treasures is its reliquary, which contains some of Catholicism's most significant relics, including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the True Cross, and one of the Holy Nails.

It seems very significant that the Holy Fire was perceived as a kind of important relic, which could be preserved and transferred from Jerusalem to any other place of the Christian world in special lanterns.

However, the most significant Christian relic - and the area's real draw - is way out in the Atlantic Ocean.

The state archives also contain important relics.

The 14C values (years BP) at the top of the core (1,350 ± 40 years in Mw5S at a depth of 0 to 2 cm) indicate significant inputs of relic carbon.

But he has yet to find a significant statue or a relic of gold or silver with much monetary value.

According to a Sinhalese primary source Culavamsa, a warlord or minister named Aryacakravarti invaded the Sinhalese capital of Yapahuwa on behalf of the Pandyan king Maaravarman Kulasekaran between the years 1277 1283 and took the politically significant Buddha's tooth relic.