Ancient Ceylon: An Account of the Aborigines and of Part of the Early Civilization |
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... base of the Kandian mountains . At Nilgala , where I expected to find them well known , I was surprised to learn that they are rarely seen ; all of whom I could hear in that neighbourhood consisted of one small party who some- times ...
... base of the Kandian mountains . At Nilgala , where I expected to find them well known , I was surprised to learn that they are rarely seen ; all of whom I could hear in that neighbourhood consisted of one small party who some- times ...
Page 57
... base of the Western Ghats of Malabar . He gives an illustration of two members of the latter race engaged on this work , which he describes as fol- lows : A portion of a bamboo stem , about one foot in length , in which two nodes are ...
... base of the Western Ghats of Malabar . He gives an illustration of two members of the latter race engaged on this work , which he describes as fol- lows : A portion of a bamboo stem , about one foot in length , in which two nodes are ...
Page 66
... base or butt end like those of Ceylon have been obtained . These last are all illustrated by Mr. Gerard Fowke in the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology , under the heading ' Stemmed Flints . ' After the later settlers ...
... base or butt end like those of Ceylon have been obtained . These last are all illustrated by Mr. Gerard Fowke in the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology , under the heading ' Stemmed Flints . ' After the later settlers ...
Page 228
... base of 3 feet 6 inches and sides of 4 feet 10 inches , is cut on a low flat rock to the south of the above - mentioned Frog - rock . They may be of the same age as the Olinda holes in the latter rock . They are all of one size , being ...
... base of 3 feet 6 inches and sides of 4 feet 10 inches , is cut on a low flat rock to the south of the above - mentioned Frog - rock . They may be of the same age as the Olinda holes in the latter rock . They are all of one size , being ...
Page 231
... base , in letters probably of the second century B.C. , by Sumana Tisagota , Sumana of the Tissa clan ' ( ? ) . Bricks at this cave measure 15.70 inches by 8.80 inches by 2.75 inches , Bt . being 24.2 and the contents 380 cubic inches ...
... base , in letters probably of the second century B.C. , by Sumana Tisagota , Sumana of the Tissa clan ' ( ? ) . Bricks at this cave measure 15.70 inches by 8.80 inches by 2.75 inches , Bt . being 24.2 and the contents 380 cubic inches ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles Billhook bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coins counters cross dāgaba dance deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide Indra inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka Pattini pillars player pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side Siva sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
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