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... river waiting for flood - time to wash them down . His final report urged the opening of the river to traffic , a lack , in his opinion , that lost the administration much revenue . He took the view that damming the Verugal and ...
... river waiting for flood - time to wash them down . His final report urged the opening of the river to traffic , a lack , in his opinion , that lost the administration much revenue . He took the view that damming the Verugal and ...
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... river , but those who have seen its limbs on those occasions when the river is sufficiently low say that the animal is depicted as rising from a kneeling position ... The stone elephant was part of a shrine and originally stood together ...
... river , but those who have seen its limbs on those occasions when the river is sufficiently low say that the animal is depicted as rising from a kneeling position ... The stone elephant was part of a shrine and originally stood together ...
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... river , near its mouth Katemoertjen , shown as a place or district . Early British maps show the river as Killi- veddi Aru . Kottiar is a village on the coast , and is also given as a district ending near Arnativoe . On the motor map of ...
... river , near its mouth Katemoertjen , shown as a place or district . Early British maps show the river as Killi- veddi Aru . Kottiar is a village on the coast , and is also given as a district ending near Arnativoe . On the motor map of ...
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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