Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... India could have no knowledge of the religious notions of the South - Indian hill tribes . Did the aborigines , then , take over Rudra from the Aryans at a later date ? This also seems improbable , as apparently the mountaineers , at ...
... India could have no knowledge of the religious notions of the South - Indian hill tribes . Did the aborigines , then , take over Rudra from the Aryans at a later date ? This also seems improbable , as apparently the mountaineers , at ...
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... India . In any case , there can be no doubt that the credit of its development and extension in the island is due to some of the first Sinhalese rulers and their responsible advisers . The nature of the flat plains around the sites of ...
... India . In any case , there can be no doubt that the credit of its development and extension in the island is due to some of the first Sinhalese rulers and their responsible advisers . The nature of the flat plains around the sites of ...
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... India.1 Leather armour was provided for the horses , and in India a high hair plume was fixed on the head of each , between the ears.3 In the second or third century B.C. the men rode without saddles , a skin rug being perhaps employed ...
... India.1 Leather armour was provided for the horses , and in India a high hair plume was fixed on the head of each , between the ears.3 In the second or third century B.C. the men rode without saddles , a skin rug being perhaps employed ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide Indra 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 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. Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas