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... Tennent reflected upon the air heavy and unwholesome vegetation that is rank , and malaria brooding over the waters as they escaped from the broken tanks ... and a few scattered huts that scarcely merit the designation of a village ...
... Tennent reflected upon the air heavy and unwholesome vegetation that is rank , and malaria brooding over the waters as they escaped from the broken tanks ... and a few scattered huts that scarcely merit the designation of a village ...
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Esmée Rankine. Mountain Monastery ' A mountain carved into a temple , ' Tennent said of Mihintale a little more than a hundred years ago . And indeed it could be claimed that there are few places that can show so close a con- centration ...
Esmée Rankine. Mountain Monastery ' A mountain carved into a temple , ' Tennent said of Mihintale a little more than a hundred years ago . And indeed it could be claimed that there are few places that can show so close a con- centration ...
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... Tennent's description , ' of this busy traffic in which they could hardly be said to have taken any share ' . It was the Portuguese who first fortified Colombo and laid the foundations of the city as it is today . Colombo had its share ...
... Tennent's description , ' of this busy traffic in which they could hardly be said to have taken any share ' . It was the Portuguese who first fortified Colombo and laid the foundations of the city as it is today . Colombo had its share ...
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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