Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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The name of the river , Mahā Kandara , is of little use in the quest without further corroboration of its position , there being several Kandura streams in Ceylon . But the name of the port itself may now be utilised .
The name of the river , Mahā Kandara , is of little use in the quest without further corroboration of its position , there being several Kandura streams in Ceylon . But the name of the port itself may now be utilised .
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A low flat - topped ridge runs north and south on the western side of the Kadamba river , now called the Malwattaoya , ” parallel to it and nearly a mile distant from it . The fortified part of the town was built along the top of this ...
A low flat - topped ridge runs north and south on the western side of the Kadamba river , now called the Malwattaoya , ” parallel to it and nearly a mile distant from it . The fortified part of the town was built along the top of this ...
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The special point of interest in the Kirindi - oya dam is the astonishing fact that instead of being taken across the river by the shortest possible line , as one would expect , it was built at an oblique angle , which , from the traces ...
The special point of interest in the Kirindi - oya dam is the astonishing fact that instead of being taken across the river by the shortest possible line , as one would expect , it was built at an oblique angle , which , from the traces ...
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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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