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Esmée Rankine. V Adam's Peak ' The Peak , ' says John Still , ' must be one of the vastest and most widely reverenced cathedrals of the human race ... the literature of two thousand years in ... Adam's Peak as Salmala , ' 20 V Adam's Peak.
Esmée Rankine. V Adam's Peak ' The Peak , ' says John Still , ' must be one of the vastest and most widely reverenced cathedrals of the human race ... the literature of two thousand years in ... Adam's Peak as Salmala , ' 20 V Adam's Peak.
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Esmée Rankine. an ancient name of Adam's Peak as Salmala , ' Mountain of Sala , ' Sala being the Sanskrit name for ... Peak was lost and found again . In his scholarly treatise The God of Adam's Peak , where this whole subject is treated ...
Esmée Rankine. an ancient name of Adam's Peak as Salmala , ' Mountain of Sala , ' Sala being the Sanskrit name for ... Peak was lost and found again . In his scholarly treatise The God of Adam's Peak , where this whole subject is treated ...
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... Adam's Peak might be ob- tained by the payment of five ducats , and restoring as a royalty all gems over 10 carats ' . Ribeiro notes that Senarat , brother of Vimala Dharma ( 1591-1604 ) and later husband of his widow , Portuguese ...
... Adam's Peak might be ob- tained by the payment of five ducats , and restoring as a royalty all gems over 10 carats ' . Ribeiro notes that Senarat , brother of Vimala Dharma ( 1591-1604 ) and later husband of his widow , Portuguese ...
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1st century 2nd century 3rd century Adam's Peak Agrabodhi ancient Ceylon Anuradhapura Ariya Chakravarti Batticaloa Batuta British Buddhist building built capture century A.D. century king century later coast of Ceylon Colombo dagaba Dastota Delft Devanampiya Devanampiya Tissa Dissave Dondra Dutch elephants French Galle Ganga Government Governor Hakmane Hambantota harbour Hindus India inhabitants inscription Jaffna Kaddaiparichchan Kandy Kandyan Kantaka Cetiya kingdom Kirinda known Knox Knox's land Lanka legend light lighthouses Maha Mahagama Mahavamsa Mahaveli Mannar Island Matara mentions Mihintale miles mountain nagas navigable North officers palmyrah Pandukabhaya Parakrama Bahu Paranavitana Paulusz pearls port Portuguese prince Puttalam record refers remains river road rock Rohona Roman round royal sailed salt sculpture sent ships shrine Sinhalese Sinhalese king stone story Street stupa Suffren tamarind tree Tamil Tangalle temple Tennent toddy trade tradition Trincomalee Verugal Vihara Vijaya village Weligama wild yakshas