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... Cetiya - Pabbata or Cetiyagiri , later Mihindutala and Mihintale , ' plain of Mahinda ' royal missionary who brought ... Kantaka Cetiya afterwards stood ' . The 2nd and the 1st centuries B.C. saw many additions . In the beginning of the ...
... Cetiya - Pabbata or Cetiyagiri , later Mihindutala and Mihintale , ' plain of Mahinda ' royal missionary who brought ... Kantaka Cetiya afterwards stood ' . The 2nd and the 1st centuries B.C. saw many additions . In the beginning of the ...
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... Kantaka Cetiya , placed in lonely majesty on the summit of a sharply rising spur overlooking a wide sweep of country to the horizon far away , reached by its own stone stairways between groves of ancient frangipanni trees . The northern ...
... Kantaka Cetiya , placed in lonely majesty on the summit of a sharply rising spur overlooking a wide sweep of country to the horizon far away , reached by its own stone stairways between groves of ancient frangipanni trees . The northern ...
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... Kantaka Cetiya , to which the ' elephant road ' of the king's ceremonial procession leads , is the Convocation Terrace with its archi- tecturally interesting retaining wall . In its neighbourhood are the remains of a vihara on either ...
... Kantaka Cetiya , to which the ' elephant road ' of the king's ceremonial procession leads , is the Convocation Terrace with its archi- tecturally interesting retaining wall . In its neighbourhood are the remains of a vihara on either ...
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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