Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be exhibited represent men with wild unkempt frizzly locks ; but I have never seen anything of the kind in their own districts , and it is probable that ...
Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be exhibited represent men with wild unkempt frizzly locks ; but I have never seen anything of the kind in their own districts , and it is probable that ...
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I have also seen a ' Moorman , ' perhaps thirty years old , in exactly the same state under similar circumstances . Some minutes elapsed before they recovered the power of speech . Of course all the forests frequented by these hunters ...
I have also seen a ' Moorman , ' perhaps thirty years old , in exactly the same state under similar circumstances . Some minutes elapsed before they recovered the power of speech . Of course all the forests frequented by these hunters ...
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It is a building of a different type , having a single dome , with two rows of niches for lamps below it , just as they are to be seen in walls about some of these buildings in Ceylon . There must have been few dāgabas , and those only ...
It is a building of a different type , having a single dome , with two rows of niches for lamps below it , just as they are to be seen in walls about some of these buildings in Ceylon . There must have been few dāgabas , and those only ...
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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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