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 occu- pation or personal use of the monks being ever permitted within the inner enclosure round a dāgaba in Ceylon ...
The building in question must have been a house for statues or relics , or both , no buildings intended for the occu- pation or personal use of the monks being ever permitted within the inner enclosure round a dāgaba in Ceylon ...
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In the third Purāna illustrated by me the building is also not a dāgaba . An undoubted dagaba 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 dagaba 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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Contents
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
THE ABORIGINES | 207 |
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according ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow believe belong bricks built called carried cave century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese southern square stone symbol taken Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight whole 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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