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... Portuguese scholars as equivalent to 1300 B.C. In the Chronicles the port of Trincomalee is called Gokanna- tittha ... Portuguese settlement in Goa and the Portuguese had their eyes on Ceylon . They came first to Colombo , in 1505 ; and ...
... Portuguese scholars as equivalent to 1300 B.C. In the Chronicles the port of Trincomalee is called Gokanna- tittha ... Portuguese settlement in Goa and the Portuguese had their eyes on Ceylon . They came first to Colombo , in 1505 ; and ...
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... Portuguese ships , commanded by Lopo Suarez de Albergaria . About 1519 the fort was rebuilt , in stone , to fall to the Dutch in 1656 , after a siege that has passed into history for the gallantry of its defence . The discovery of the ...
... Portuguese ships , commanded by Lopo Suarez de Albergaria . About 1519 the fort was rebuilt , in stone , to fall to the Dutch in 1656 , after a siege that has passed into history for the gallantry of its defence . The discovery of the ...
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... Portuguese maps put this ford some distance below the bridge by which one now enters the town - and indeed a ferry still plies at Modera . The ancient township is placed not where it is now but on the northern bank , facing the fort ...
... Portuguese maps put this ford some distance below the bridge by which one now enters the town - and indeed a ferry still plies at Modera . The ancient township is placed not where it is now but on the northern bank , facing the fort ...
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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