Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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This temple , dedicated to Skanda , is considered to be one of special sanctity , and is visited by pilgrims from all parts of India , including even the North - west Provinces . How it came to be established in such a site , and to ...
This temple , dedicated to Skanda , is considered to be one of special sanctity , and is visited by pilgrims from all parts of India , including even the North - west Provinces . How it came to be established in such a site , and to ...
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The inscription proves that the legend of the expulsion of the monks cannot have originated before the second century B.C. The bricks used in the enclosing wall of a room formed at another cave , termed the Uda wihāra , the upper temple ...
The inscription proves that the legend of the expulsion of the monks cannot have originated before the second century B.C. The bricks used in the enclosing wall of a room formed at another cave , termed the Uda wihāra , the upper temple ...
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In the older temple paintings straight swords are depicted with hilts of a shape not now seen . One which I sketched has a cross - hilt in the form of a crescent with the points turned forward ; in another the crescent is reversed ( Fig ...
In the older temple paintings straight swords are depicted with hilts of a shape not now seen . One which I sketched has a cross - hilt in the form of a crescent with the points turned forward ; in another the crescent is reversed ( Fig ...
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