Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... tree ( Ficus indica ) . The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas make use of the inner bark of a creeper called Gaera- vaela in Sinhalese or Tevalan - koḍi in Tamil . The Wanniyas employ the inner bark of Velan trees . The string is some- times ...
... tree ( Ficus indica ) . The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas make use of the inner bark of a creeper called Gaera- vaela in Sinhalese or Tevalan - koḍi in Tamil . The Wanniyas employ the inner bark of Velan trees . The string is some- times ...
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... tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot . Dried wood was collected , and hastily crammed inside this shelter . Then a fire was made round another large dead tree , which soon became ablaze , and the whole night's rain failed ...
... tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot . Dried wood was collected , and hastily crammed inside this shelter . Then a fire was made round another large dead tree , which soon became ablaze , and the whole night's rain failed ...
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... tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and west at a short distance to the north - east of the Thūpārāma dāgaba , and which appears to be the ancient ditch outside the southern ...
... tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and west at a short distance to the north - east of the Thūpārāma dāgaba , and which appears to be the ancient ditch outside the southern ...
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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