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Gōtama Buddha's 3 visits to Ceylon, Idikaṭu dāgaba, 342; age, 319; shape,

12, 425

Gōṭhāyimbara, 433

Green, E. E., discovery of stone
implements, 62

Guardian Gods, Four, 632, 633, 668
Guard-stone, carvings, 499, 500, 516
Guha, Asura, conquered heaven, 149
Guppy, Dr. H. B., on fire-making, 58
Gurumā Dēvatā, Minister of Ayi-
yanar, 667

Gypsies, funeral feast at grave, 121

Hair of Vaeddas, 42, 43; Kinnaras,
44

Hall, R. H., on age of 1st city at
Troy, 491

Hammer, 557

Hari-hara-putra-Ayiyanār, 148
Harrison, G. D. B., on Kirindi-oya
dam, 391

Hat Diviyan keliya, 580

Hat Rajjuruwo, forest deity, 28,
158, 170

Haughton, S., inscriptions found, 419
Havidavi wihāra Ridi wihāra, 530
Heap-of-Paddy shape of dāgaba,
317, 336, 343

320

Ievers, R. W., coin obtained, 503; on
ceremony to Ayiyanār, 172, 174;
on Maederigiriya dāgaba, 269; re-
paired Maha Sãēya, 277; sunk
shaft in Jētavana dāgaba, 310
Iguana flesh, 51

Ilanāga, K., improved Tissa-waewa;
repaired dāgaba, 325

Ilandāri, 138,150; - Bilindă, 159; chief
under Mahā-Sēna, 159: forest
deity, 158, 159, 170; Minister of
Ayiyanar, 667; possibly form of
Gaņēsa, 206; son of Galē Deviya,
206; son of Kiri-Ammā, 159
Implements, ancient. Cotton gin,

562; mats, 565; plough, 561;
ploughshare, 562; potter's wheel,
562; shuttle, 565; spinning-wheel,
562; weaving-frame, 565.
Indigollāēwa, 155; dancing rock,
192; sacred hill, 205; temple to
Galē Deviya and Kiri-Ammā 136
Indra defeats Rakshasas, 5; god of
heavenly fires and thunder, 3;
guardian against demons, 4; guar-
dian deity of Ceylon, 668

Height of Sinhalese, 41, 339; Vaed- Inscribed bricks, 283, 326, 327, 461,

das, 41; Wanniyas, 47

Hella Vaedi Yakā, 146

Helmet, 545

Hēmamāli Ruwanwaeli, 279
Henannē-gala, inscription, 446
Henderson, Dr. J. R., oblong coin
obtained, 506

Heṭṭipola dagaba, relic-chamber, 285
Hēwākam keliya, 583

Highways, ancient, 239, 243, 260, 272,
273, 300, 418

Hill-God, chief Vaedda deity, 20, 134,
147, 177; survival of worship, 33,
147; (see Galē Deviyā)
Histories, names of, 11
Hoe, 56, 555

Horse, emblem of sun 514; function,
291, 514; on coin, 514; on guard-
stone, 499; reliefs, 290, 291, 295
Houses, rectangular in Ceylon, 49
Howitt, Dr. A. W., on trade of Aus-
tralians, 107

Human Sacrifice, 632
Hūniyan Yāka, 144, 155
Hunting by Vaeddas, 68
Hurulla Vaeddas as soldiers, 29

462

Inscriptions. Aet dāgaba, 322; Bō-
wata, 453, 154; caves, pre-Chris-
tian, 31, 32; Dambulla, 98, 99,
441, 450; Erupotāna hill, 430 ff;
Gallāēwa wihāra, 440; Gal-lena
wihāra, 446; Giant's Tank, 250;
Henanne-gala, 446; Irat-periya-
kuļam, 454; Jētavana dāgaba, 308;
Kaccatkoḍi, 432; Kandalawa
wihāra, 437; Koță-daemu-hela,
452; Kudimbi-gala, 432; Kusalāna
kanda, 445; Mihintale, 443, 450;
Millāēwa-gala, 211; Nāval Nirāvi
hill, 416, 423, 426 ff.; Nayindanāwa
wihāra, 433; Nuwara-gala, 451;
Nuwara-kanda, 442; Oṭṭappuwa
wihāra, 656; Pallebaedda, 226;
Parama-kanda, 438; Pēddawa,
253; Periya-kaḍuwa wihāra, 449;
Raṇagiriya, 180; Rankirimaḍa
wihāra, 449; relic-case, 302; Ridi
wihāra, 526, 528, 530; Ritigala,
444, 451; Ruwanwaeli dăgaba,
281; son of Păcina K., 454; Saes-
sāēruwa, 444; Sirivaḍdhana Nu-

wara, 258; Tēvāndān Puliyan-
kulam hill, 428 ff.; Thūpārāma
dāgaba, 322; Titthawaela, 442;
Tumbullē Waehaeragala, 231;
Ussayppu-kallu, 302; Veḍikkināri
hill, 431; Wellangolla, 230; earliest,
415, 416, 419; its age, 420; its
letters and language, 436; no
early Tamilones, 32
Invasion of Ceylon by Rama is
mythical, 9; cause of 2nd cent.
invasion, 102
Irat-periyakulam, inscription, 455
Irrigation as factor of civilisation,

84; result at Tissa, 394
Irrigation works, antiquity, 347;
Chaldean, 348, early Indian, 348;
two systems, 347; merit through
constructing, 350; size, 351, 382
Itiya, 526, 532, 534
Iyakas, 19, 20, 167

Jātaka tales, 18, 106, 108, 547-551
Javelin, 523, 524; on coins 500
Jētavana dagaba, 148; coins found

near, 463; construction, 299; cost
of paving slabs, 308; depth of
foundations, 310, 311; history,
307; identification, 299; inscrip-
tions, 308; pillars at wāhalkaḍas,
310; shaft sunk, 310; shape and
size, 309; wāhalkaḍas, 309; widest
completed dågaba, 309
Jōlas, blood feuds, 83; medical use of
cross-road, 654; no marriage cere-
mony, 119; no time records, 110
Jōtivana, name of Nandana garden,
272, 273, 299

Jumper, 556

Jungle, density of, 79

Jūtindhara, Vaedda chief, 24

Kaccaṭkoḍi inscriptions, 432, 434,
435

Kadamba river, boundary of Naga-

dipa, 16, 237, 243, 272
Kadawara Devată, forest deity, 158,
170; origin, 157; Minister of
Ayiyanar, 667

Kaelaniya dagaba, 316; age, 316;
restoration, 317; shape, 317, 343;
size, 318

Kaelaniya kingdom, northern boun-
dary, 441; under Nāgas, 14

Kaelē-bāsa, 123

Kākavaṇṇa Tissa, K., 440; built
dāgaba, 331; dedication of wihāra,
332, 497

Kālakaṇņi Tissa, K., 450, 452; built
dăgaba, 319; irrigation work,

409

Kālasēna, Vaedda K., 23

Kālavēla, fortune-teller, 237, Vaedda
chief, 24, 105

Kalawaewa channel, 363; cup-holes,

229

Kalli keliya game, 629

Kāli, attendant of Pattini, 633; 8
forms, 151; carries itiya, 534
Kallāru, dams on, 410

Kalu Dēvatā, deified chief, 153; forest
deity, 158, 159; Minister of Ayi-
yanar, 667

Kalugal-baemma, highway, 239
Kalu Kumāra, title of Nilă, 153;
Indian Yakā, 143, 145, 633
Kalu Vaeddā Yakā, 143, 145
Kalu Yaka, 143

Kalyānawati, Q., inscription, 399;

restored Batalagoḍa tank, 254;
built wihāra, 254

Kambili Unnaehae, forest deity, 153,
Kanaka-Sabhai, V., on Chilappati-
169; Minister of Ayiyanår, 667
karan poem, 632

Kandalawa wihāra, inscription, 437
Kandē Bandāra, 143

Kande Yakā, Vaedda deity, 72, 143;
Kandē Wanniyā, Vaedda deity, 114

killed Bilindă, 159

Kandian Sinhalese, abandon hamlets,
50; adhere to ancestral customs,
59; are Vaeddas, 30, 31, 100, 109;
arrows, 61; bee-hunters, 73; bows,
60; chiefs allied to Vaeddas, 102;
differ from W. coast race, 30; do
not use fish-hook, 52 ; eat monkeys,
51; family pride, 102; fire-making,
57; forest deities, 143, 169, 667;
hill deities, 144, 154, 177; honey
taking 172; hunters' offerings, 169;
hunting outfit, 109; hunters
termed Vaeddas, 74; idea of
locality, 78; identity of Kandian
and Vaedda religions, 146; imple-
ments, 561; injuries by bears, 69;
laconic speech, 88; mats, 565, 566;
millet cake, 52; recovery from
wounds, 70; story of Galē Deviyā's

arrival, 179; tools, 551; twig offer-
ings, 174; tradition of Vaedda
kings, 98; Vaedi-Yakās, 143;
weapons, 523; worship of ancestral
spirits, 153, 154; of Ayiyanār and
Skanda, 136, 143, 150, 169, 172,
174; of Gale Deviyā, 134, 147, 152;
of Kiri Ammās, 151, 667; of
Wanni Deviyā, 143, 150, 159
Kandiya-kaṭṭu tank, 318, 396
Kani-raja, K., inscription, 657
Kaniṭṭha-Tissa, K, Maļu-Tissa, 302,
303, 304, 311, 313, 321
Kannaki

631

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Pattini, 152; story of,

Kannimär, offerings to, 167; Vaedda

deities, 133, 151

Kassapa, K., 265, 281, 294, 308, 314
Kastānē, sabre, 531, 544

Kataragama temple, 103, 114 ff., 159
Kaṭiyawa tank, 219
Kațu Maha Sāēya, 319

Keiyanar, name of Ayiyanår, 148
Kemadi, dice, 605

Koṭādaemu-hela, inscriptions, 452
Koți keliya, 585

Koți Sellama, 581
Koțiyo saha Harak game, 581
Kotu-baendum game, 598
Koțu Ellima game, 583
Knife, Kandian, 531, 551
Knowledge of Ceylon in Rāmāyana, 8
Knox, Capt. R., on bellows, 560;
language at An keliya, 639; length
of cubit, 338; Vaeddas, 95, 97;
Vaeddas as soldiers, 29

Kokka-gala, dancing rock, 178, 191;
landing of Galē-Yakā, 178; sacred
rock, 205

Kolambālaka, battles at, 300
Kosgama Kiri Ammā, 137

Kovilan or Kovalan, legend of, 631,
Kōvila Wanamē, Vaedda clan, 113,
114

Kravi, conquered heaven, 6
Kris, 532

Kuda Mi-maessă bee, 72

Kuda-Tissa, K., inscription, 451

Ketēriya, axe, 542, 549; at Bādāmi, Kuḍā Waera-gala, cup-holes, 228

149, 543

Kha-em-Uast, knowledge of magic,
645

Khallata-Nāga, K., 280, 445
Kinnaras, Buddhists, 45; curly hair,
44; lowest caste, 44; may come
from Malayalam, 45 ; mat weaving,
565; mode of life, 45

Kino-mal Nacci, Vaedda goddess, 138
Kiri Ammā, averts bad luck and
sickness, 188; forest deity, 135,
162, 169; Giri-Ammā, 135, 206;
Mōhini, 136, 158; sons, 138, 158,
159, 206; temple, 147; wife of
Galē Yakā, 135, 147; worship,
162-165

Kiri Ammās, Seven, 137; deified f.

chiefs, 150; forms of Pattini, 151;
goddesses, 667; offerings, 165
Kiribat dågaba, age, 315, coin from,
490; size, 315

Kirindi-oya, 240, 241, 388; dam, 390,

394

Kirti Bandāra, 154
Kirti Śri, K., 154, 530
Kitikadawala tank, 219
Kiwiyaluwa, birthplace of Wanni
Deviya, 159

Kohombe Yakā, 140, 146
Kondanāmikā, Vaedda queen, 23

Kuḍimbi-gala, cup-hole, 231; inscrip-
tions, 432

Kukulāpola Kiri Ammā, 137, 165
Kumāra, Skanda, 114, 145; Vaedda
chief, 24

Kumāra Baṇḍāra, 145, 200, 633
Kumāra Dhatu-Sēna, K., death, 253
Kumāra Yakā, 145

Kumbe Yakā, 140, 144, 146
Kumbha, zodiacal sign, 141
Kumbōkaṭā, Vaedda slave, 25
Kurinjā-kuļam dam, 412
Kurumbuḍa Dēvatā or Yakā, 146,
200; altar, 202; arrival, 178, 179;
emblem, 197; forest guardian,
180; offerings, 200, 202
Kurunāēgala Postimå Baṇḍāra, 144
Kusalāna-kanda, inscription, 445
Kuwēni, Vaedda princess, 17, 23, 24,
236; children, 24, 113
Kuvēra, King in Ceylon, 6; home on
Alaka Mt., 164; ruler of Yakshas,
II, 140

Lajji-Tissa, K., built Sela caitya,
297; erected wāhalkadas, 280
Lakshmana, brother of Rāma, 668
Lamps scare demons, 270; hung
round dāgabas, 269, 289, 321

Language, foul, scares demons, 635, Maha Kandiya tank, 396

639, 641

Lanka, name of Ceylon, 5, 242
Lankapura, capital of Rakshasas, 5;

of Kuvēra, 6; Vaedda town, 23, 24
Lankarāma dagaba, built by Waṭṭa-
Gāmiņi, 311; shape, 342 ; size, 311
Lathe, 335, 559

Lenama-gala, cup-holes, 228
Length of Ceylon, 8

Letters, pronunciation, 420
Lewin, Capt.T. H., on fire-making, 57,
Lewis, F., cup-holes, 226; inscrip-
tions, 445, 451; on Kokkå-gala,
205; on Vaedda game, 92
Lingam on coins, 519

Lion as guard, 268, 289, 290-292, 295,
296, 312, 322; claws as amulets,
515; on coins, 515; sun emblem,
515

Local demons, 50, 146

Lotus-shaped dāgaba, 344

Lotus, protective as emblem of sun,

291

Mahallaka Nāga, K., 455

Mahāmēgha garden, 272, 273
Mahānāga dāgaba, 323; age, 324;
coins, 460; inscribed bricks, 326;
history, 325; size, 326
Mahā-Nāga, K., 280, 289, 307, 331,
420, 440, 497, 547; built Ambat-
thala dagaba, 320; built Tissa
dagabas, 324, 327; formed tank,
386

Mahānāma, K., 28; compiler of
Mahāvansa, 10

Maha Sāēya, age, 262; engraved
brick, 277; size, 276
Mahā-Sēna, K., 9, 139; built Jēta-
vana dågaba, 299; employed Yak-
khas, 28; forest deity, 28, 153;
formed Naccaduwa tank, 408;
Wanniya deity, 158

Maha Sōna Yakā, 145

Mahā-Thūpa, name of Ruwanwaeli
dāgaba, 279

Mahātiṭṭha, 25, 251, 300

Ludovisi, L., on games, 580, 583, 628, Maha Vaeddē Yakā, 145

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Madana Siri Yaksani, 145
Magadhese traders, 11, 107, 236
Magama - Tambapanņi, 241, 386,
394

Magama kings paid tribute, 440

Magha, K., 266, 282, 294, 317, 325,
460

Magical complicated lines, protective,

493

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Maha Elagamuwa, 239
Mahendra Mt. in S. India, Yakshas on
it, II

Mahikāntāwā, Earth goddess, a Kiri-
Ammā, 667

Mahinda dagaba, 278

Mahinda, K., 265, 266, 281, 319, 323
Mahinda, prince-monk, 27, 275, 320,

422

Mahiyangana, 140; Vaedda battle-
field, 16; visit by Buddha, 13
Mahiyangana dāgaba, age, 315;
commemorative, 315; Tennent, Sir
E. on it, 316; Spillberg's account,
316

Magic, Sinhalese theory of action, Mahōdara, Nāga K., 14, 425

653; squares, 622

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Maisey, Gen., on Swastika in tombs,
649

Malawara dēsa Malayalam, 20, 178
Malalu Vaeddan, 100
Malayālam, 13, 16, 19, 45
Mal keliya, 631, 641

Malwatta-oya dam, 404, 405

Maļu-Tissa - Kaniṭṭha-Tissa, inscrip-
tions, 302

Māmaḍu tank, 219

Manawakā or Mänōkā, a Yakā, 140

Mancala or Manala game, 587;
Arabian and Egyptian, 589, 590,
592, 601, 602; see Olinda keliya
Mangala or Mangalya Dēyiyā, 158,
160, 161; probably Ayiyanār, 160
Mani-Akkhika, Nāga K., 14, 316
Maņimēkhalā, Sea goddess, a Kiri-
Amma, 667
Maņisōma dāgaba

-

Lankārāma dă-

gaba, 311; roof over, 311

Mantota, 251

Māra, army, 28, 139; Vaedda deity,
144

Maralu Yakā, 145

Marriage, consent of parents neces-
sary, 118, 119; no ceremony, 118;
of close relatives, 422 ; with sisters,
24, 113, 116

Map of sky, 647

Marrow applied to hair, 48

Marteau, weapon, 546

Mōlan-giri, disease demoness, 166
Monkey flesh, 51

Moon-stones at religious edifices are
protective, 290
Moormen, 331

Moral suasion, 350

Morāni warigē, a Vaedda clan, 113
Mouldings of buildings do not indi-
cate dates, 209

Mountain gods the earliest, 203
Mūdē Dēyiyā or Yakā, Vaedda god,
138, 146

Mulleittivu an early site, 418; coins
from, 460, 476

Müller, Dr. E., 115, 416, 438, 454:

on Niśśanka Malla, 250; on num-
ber of cave inscriptions, 32
Müller, Sir F. Max, on Buddhist teach-
ing, 652; on date of Aśōka, 455; on
date of Buddha's death, 424
Mungus, belief regarding, 80

Maruts, storm gods, destroy demons, Muni, house Yakā, 152

4; sons of Rudra, 203

Music, ancient, its loudness, 260

Masons' diagrams, 540, 577, 578, 643; Mussel shells for arrows, 61
age, 646

Maspéro, Prof. G., Egyptian know-
ledge of magic, 645; map of sky,
647

Massie, R., plaques obtained, 461
Mat weaving and materials, 565, 566
Ma Yakini, Vaedda goddess, 138
Megasthenes, elephants at Magadha,
550

Mēghavaṇṇābhaya, K., 311, 321, 323,
354; inscription, 528

Mihintale inscriptions, 322, 443, 450;
steps, 319, 577

Military forces, 29, 547

Millāēwa-gala, inscription, 211

Muta-Siva, K., 272; age, 456
Muṭṭi Mangalya ceremony, 172

Nabudena

or Namada warigė, a
Vedda clan, 113
Naccaduwa tank, 405; age, 408;
early name, 409; size, 408; works,
407

Nãē Yakās, 146, 152 ff.

Nāgas, in Ceylon, 13, 16; carvings,
14; guardians, 28, 269, 307, 310,
657; human beings, 15; pool, 657;
probably Nayars, 15, 16
Nāgadarana-gama, cup hole, 232

Millet, cake, 52; growing, 50, 554 Nāgadipa, N. Ceylon, 14, 16, 108;

Mi maessa bee, 72

Miniature dagaba, 341, 342
Minvila inscription, 444

Miriswaeți dăgaba, age, 294; history
and purpose, 294; size, 296; wāhal-
kadas, 295, 296

highways through, 243, 418
Nāgamālaka dāgaba, 279

Names, low caste formerly good caste,
38; Vaedda, 121; Waga, 46
Nandana garden - Jõtivana, 272,
273, 299

Miriyabaedda Kiri Ammā, Vaedda Nandimitta, Chief, inscriptions, 430,

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