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... Roman Empire , paid for their merchandise in 4th century Roman coins , in such abundance that they formed the bulk of the Island's currency at one time . Rhys Davies writes : ' The reason for Fa Tsien's long stay in the city was his ...
... Roman Empire , paid for their merchandise in 4th century Roman coins , in such abundance that they formed the bulk of the Island's currency at one time . Rhys Davies writes : ' The reason for Fa Tsien's long stay in the city was his ...
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... Roman world the taste for pepper spread to barbarian Europe ; it will suffice to recall that Alaric the Goth demanded 3,000 lb of it in his treaty with the Romans in A.D. 408. And , to carry the story to a much later date , in 1592 the ...
... Roman world the taste for pepper spread to barbarian Europe ; it will suffice to recall that Alaric the Goth demanded 3,000 lb of it in his treaty with the Romans in A.D. 408. And , to carry the story to a much later date , in 1592 the ...
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... Roman Empire ' . An island people , it is curious that the Sinhalese themselves never took to the sea . And yet not so curious perhaps , since the sea - routes came their way and , in the exchange in Ceylon of seaborne merchandise ...
... Roman Empire ' . An island people , it is curious that the Sinhalese themselves never took to the sea . And yet not so curious perhaps , since the sea - routes came their way and , in the exchange in Ceylon of seaborne merchandise ...
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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