Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Nu is represented in The Book of the Dead ( Translation by Dr. Budge , p . 141 ) as saying . “ I am the pure lotus which springeth up from the divine splendour that belongeth to the nostrils of Rā . " . In a variant of the same Chapter ...
Nu is represented in The Book of the Dead ( Translation by Dr. Budge , p . 141 ) as saying . “ I am the pure lotus which springeth up from the divine splendour that belongeth to the nostrils of Rā . " . In a variant of the same Chapter ...
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Some of the long straight swords carved in these panels follow the type of Indian weapons represented in the Amaravati carvings ( late second century A.D. ) , which , however , had no cross - hilts . The one in the illustration tapers ...
Some of the long straight swords carved in these panels follow the type of Indian weapons represented in the Amaravati carvings ( late second century A.D. ) , which , however , had no cross - hilts . The one in the illustration tapers ...
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In Egyptian drawings a plain square represents an enclosure or a house , as in the ideograph of a hawk standing in a ... consisting of a vertical one and a diagonal one , enclosed in a circle , originally represented a map of the sky .
In Egyptian drawings a plain square represents an enclosure or a house , as in the ideograph of a hawk standing in a ... consisting of a vertical one and a diagonal one , enclosed in a circle , originally represented a map of the sky .
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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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