Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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The females of both classes have similar clothing , a short skirt of cotton fastened round the waist and reaching to the knees or below them . When visiting other villages the men wear a similar cloth from the waist to the knees or ...
The females of both classes have similar clothing , a short skirt of cotton fastened round the waist and reaching to the knees or below them . When visiting other villages the men wear a similar cloth from the waist to the knees or ...
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bottom , and having similar square faces on the sides at each corner , with the intermediate angles bevelled into triangular facets . All the beads were drilled for stringing . There were also two pieces of a kind of hard dark brown ...
bottom , and having similar square faces on the sides at each corner , with the intermediate angles bevelled into triangular facets . All the beads were drilled for stringing . There were also two pieces of a kind of hard dark brown ...
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It is almost the only respect in which the bank differs from those of other very early works of a similar size , and it may indicate its greater age ; later experience evidently showed the old engineers the advisability of adopting a ...
It is almost the only respect in which the bank differs from those of other very early works of a similar size , and it may indicate its greater age ; later experience evidently showed the old engineers the advisability of adopting a ...
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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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