Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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The fortifications consist of an enclosing wall forty feet thick , faced with brickwork on both sides , and having immediately outside it a ditch which is still some seven feet deep , and more than ten feet wide in the bottom .
The fortifications consist of an enclosing wall forty feet thick , faced with brickwork on both sides , and having immediately outside it a ditch which is still some seven feet deep , and more than ten feet wide in the bottom .
Page 378
It had walls 2 feet thick , and was covered by slabs about 9 inches thick . ... For a length of 14 feet 6 inches it was divided into two culverts , each 2 feet square , separated by a wall 2 feet thick ( Fig . 124 ) .
It had walls 2 feet thick , and was covered by slabs about 9 inches thick . ... For a length of 14 feet 6 inches it was divided into two culverts , each 2 feet square , separated by a wall 2 feet thick ( Fig . 124 ) .
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Hindu temple pilima - ge . wall at Sangbo's pillar well , radiated bricks wihāra N. of dăgaba Nāccăduwa sluice . Polannaruwa , fortification wall Jētawanārāma ' ' Koțuwa ' Pabulu dāgaba tee Thupārāma inside . outer side .
Hindu temple pilima - ge . wall at Sangbo's pillar well , radiated bricks wihāra N. of dăgaba Nāccăduwa sluice . Polannaruwa , fortification wall Jētawanārāma ' ' Koțuwa ' Pabulu dāgaba tee Thupārāma inside . outer side .
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| 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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