Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... bricks used in this series of ancient works . I add also , for comparison , the sizes of the bricks used in the large dagaba at Sanchi in India , which dates from the time of Aśōka1 ( 263-222 B.C. ) , although the measurements are only ...
... bricks used in this series of ancient works . I add also , for comparison , the sizes of the bricks used in the large dagaba at Sanchi in India , which dates from the time of Aśōka1 ( 263-222 B.C. ) , although the measurements are only ...
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... bricks are found . For instance , the short table already given would at least enable any one to distinguish , by the bricks alone , a work of the tenth or twelfth century from one of the second or third century A.D. , and the latter ...
... bricks are found . For instance , the short table already given would at least enable any one to distinguish , by the bricks alone , a work of the tenth or twelfth century from one of the second or third century A.D. , and the latter ...
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... bricks which prove that the building is of pre - Christian age . The size of the bricks found in the Maeņik dāgaba at Tissa shows that it was built at about the same time as the Sandagiri dāgaba at the same city ; or in other words that ...
... bricks which prove that the building is of pre - Christian age . The size of the bricks found in the Maeņik dāgaba at Tissa shows that it was built at about the same time as the Sandagiri dāgaba at the same city ; or in other words that ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
STRUCTURAL WORKS | 207 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas