Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 38
As regards their characteristic names , therefore , the Wanniyas and also the Vaeddas have simply retained the custom of pre - Christian times . At the Census of 1901 the total number of all classes of Vaeddas , including , I presume ...
As regards their characteristic names , therefore , the Wanniyas and also the Vaeddas have simply retained the custom of pre - Christian times . At the Census of 1901 the total number of all classes of Vaeddas , including , I presume ...
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I now come to the question of the Vaedda's ability to count , which has been denied by some . ... Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state that my inquiries were made without interpreters , in Sinhalese or Tamil . I was definitely assured by ...
I now come to the question of the Vaedda's ability to count , which has been denied by some . ... Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state that my inquiries were made without interpreters , in Sinhalese or Tamil . I was definitely assured by ...
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With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears bank base believed belong bricks building built called cave century B.C. Ceylon chief close coins construction covered cross dāgaba deity demons described district dome early evidently face feet five follows Forest four given half hand head height hill histories holes inches India indicate inscription Kandian kind King known later length lower Mahāvansa means measured mentioned miles monks northern offering original passed perhaps period person pillars played player possibly present probably protection prove Province raised record reference regarding reign represented reservoir river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone structure symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree usual Vaeddas village wall wide wihāra Yakā
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Ceylon Volume 41 of Ceylon historical journal monograph series |
| Author | Henry Parker |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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