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Page 50
... French and that Trincomalee was in his giving . Carron had by then been in India seven years as Director of the French Indian Company and had tried to communicate with the King of Kandy to offer him the services of the French . The ...
... French and that Trincomalee was in his giving . Carron had by then been in India seven years as Director of the French Indian Company and had tried to communicate with the King of Kandy to offer him the services of the French . The ...
Page 51
... French - described afterwards by a French writer as a romantic description to which he did not even take the trouble to give an appearance of likelihood ' . ( A French trans- lation of Boyd's story was published in Paris in 1803 ' for ...
... French - described afterwards by a French writer as a romantic description to which he did not even take the trouble to give an appearance of likelihood ' . ( A French trans- lation of Boyd's story was published in Paris in 1803 ' for ...
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... French returned to Trincomalee and Hughes took his battered ships to Madras Roads for repair . The French held Trincomalee till the Treaty of Paris in 1775 , when it was given back to the Dutch . In August 1795 six British transports ...
... French returned to Trincomalee and Hughes took his battered ships to Madras Roads for repair . The French held Trincomalee till the Treaty of Paris in 1775 , when it was given back to the Dutch . In August 1795 six British transports ...
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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