Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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S the Vaeddas were unacquainted with the art of smelting iron , or making any métal tools , and appear never to have had any stone tools of their own manufacture excepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone ...
S the Vaeddas were unacquainted with the art of smelting iron , or making any métal tools , and appear never to have had any stone tools of their own manufacture excepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone ...
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prove that stone - cutting had been practised for a long period prior to the reign of Asoka - or had possessed in Ceylon a long acquaintance with the art , even although any very early work done by them cannot be recognised now .
prove that stone - cutting had been practised for a long period prior to the reign of Asoka - or had possessed in Ceylon a long acquaintance with the art , even although any very early work done by them cannot be recognised now .
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Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ... A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air another is picked up and the falling stone is caught in the same hand .
Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ... A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air another is picked up and the falling stone is caught in the same hand .
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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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