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Page 55
... mile at present , every person resides at least 2 miles from the Yard ! But I am of opinion a lodging house should be built in the Yard and one of the officers in rotation sleep and remain there the 24 hours throughout , and be in ...
... mile at present , every person resides at least 2 miles from the Yard ! But I am of opinion a lodging house should be built in the Yard and one of the officers in rotation sleep and remain there the 24 hours throughout , and be in ...
Page 64
... mile inland , crosses over a recently constructed wooden bridge , and continues to Toppur ; skirts the Allai Tank and meets the present motor road at Arippo , 4 miles north of the Verugal river . The track is regularly used by village ...
... mile inland , crosses over a recently constructed wooden bridge , and continues to Toppur ; skirts the Allai Tank and meets the present motor road at Arippo , 4 miles north of the Verugal river . The track is regularly used by village ...
Page 75
... mile broad and extending about 2 miles inland , now being cultivated but up to not so long ago , open land and marsh . The area is called Karijji- wala - not to be confused with Marijjiwala which is in the oppo- site direction - and ...
... mile broad and extending about 2 miles inland , now being cultivated but up to not so long ago , open land and marsh . The area is called Karijji- wala - not to be confused with Marijjiwala which is in the oppo- site direction - and ...
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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