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... capture of the mare ' with white body and red feet ' and magical powers who led him to victory : the chronicler dwells on these stories . They occupy many pages . The decisive battle takes place near Labu - gamaha ( Labunoruwa ) , so ...
... capture of the mare ' with white body and red feet ' and magical powers who led him to victory : the chronicler dwells on these stories . They occupy many pages . The decisive battle takes place near Labu - gamaha ( Labunoruwa ) , so ...
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... capture . In the bay they found , ' several ships from Bengal , Persia , and the Red Sea and other places , which had gone there to barter cinna- mon and elephants ' . Dom Lourenco instructed his men to cut his country's arms on a rock ...
... capture . In the bay they found , ' several ships from Bengal , Persia , and the Red Sea and other places , which had gone there to barter cinna- mon and elephants ' . Dom Lourenco instructed his men to cut his country's arms on a rock ...
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... CAPTURED , A.D. 1660 . In January 1955 a main branch of this tree broke off and the tree itself was threatened with ... capture was two miles up the river from the seashore . Since Knox is usually very accurate in his details , the ...
... CAPTURED , A.D. 1660 . In January 1955 a main branch of this tree broke off and the tree itself was threatened with ... capture was two miles up the river from the seashore . Since Knox is usually very accurate in his details , the ...
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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