Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... southern coast of India , and tied to it , as it were , by a chain of islands or sandbanks . He was aware that the country was about 100 leagues in length - the actual distance is about 266 miles and that there are mountains in the southern ...
... southern coast of India , and tied to it , as it were , by a chain of islands or sandbanks . He was aware that the country was about 100 leagues in length - the actual distance is about 266 miles and that there are mountains in the southern ...
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... southern wall of the city . The actual length is 3986 feet , and it is 33 feet further to a raised bank on the northern side of the trench ; so that if the southern gate was on that road , and at the line of this bank , it would be 4020 ...
... southern wall of the city . The actual length is 3986 feet , and it is 33 feet further to a raised bank on the northern side of the trench ; so that if the southern gate was on that road , and at the line of this bank , it would be 4020 ...
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... southern part of what is now the Eastern Province was of so much importance in pre - Christian times that it may be ... southern sluice , its flood - escape , and a building which may have been a wihāra , close to the southern end ...
... southern part of what is now the Eastern Province was of so much importance in pre - Christian times that it may be ... southern sluice , its flood - escape , and a building which may have been a wihāra , close to the southern end ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
STRUCTURAL WORKS | 207 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas