Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 38
They still make use of the caves , but their village neighbours informed me a few years ago that all now build huts in the forests and inhabit them at times when they are distant from their cave shelters . Those whom I have seen were ...
They still make use of the caves , but their village neighbours informed me a few years ago that all now build huts in the forests and inhabit them at times when they are distant from their cave shelters . Those whom I have seen were ...
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With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
With possibly the sole exception of the Wanniyas , all Village Vaeddas alike , according to my information , when cautiously interrogated , acknowledge that their chief deity is the God whom they know as the Galē Yakā , although some ...
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All the early settlements of the leading chiefs are termed gāma , ' village , ' in the Mahāvansa , and the capital became the Mahā - gāma , ' the Great Village of the country . The appellation still survives as the name of a small ...
All the early settlements of the leading chiefs are termed gāma , ' village , ' in the Mahāvansa , and the capital became the Mahā - gāma , ' the Great Village of the country . The appellation still survives as the name of a small ...
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears bank base believed belong bricks building built called cave century B.C. Ceylon chief close coins construction covered cross dāgaba deity demons described district dome early evidently face feet five follows Forest four given half hand head height hill histories holes inches India indicate inscription Kandian kind King known later length lower Mahāvansa means measured mentioned miles monks northern offering original passed perhaps period person pillars played player possibly present probably protection prove Province raised record reference regarding reign represented reservoir river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone structure symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree usual Vaeddas village wall 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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