Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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ings were reproduced in buildings the erection of which is certainly separated by many centuries . ... There are also some peculiarities in the various modes of building with stone , and in the style of decorative design , that may ...
ings were reproduced in buildings the erection of which is certainly separated by many centuries . ... There are also some peculiarities in the various modes of building with stone , and in the style of decorative design , that may ...
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The building in question must have been a house for statues or relics , or both , no buildings intended for the occupation or personal use of the monks being ever permitted within the inner enclosure round a dāgaba in Ceylon , according ...
The building in question must have been a house for statues or relics , or both , no buildings intended for the occupation or personal use of the monks being ever permitted within the inner enclosure round a dāgaba in Ceylon , according ...
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In the third Purāna illustrated by me the building is also not a dāgaba . An undoubted dāgaba appears on the Andhra coins 41 and 42 of Plate II of Sir Walter Elliott's Coins of Southern India . It is a building of a different type ...
In the third Purāna illustrated by me the building is also not a dāgaba . An undoubted dāgaba appears on the Andhra coins 41 and 42 of Plate II of Sir Walter Elliott's Coins of Southern India . It is a building of a different type ...
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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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