Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Kandy were so good as to bring about the publication of a Sinhalese work on the kohomba Yakā in order that it might be available for me vi PREFACE.
... Kandy were so good as to bring about the publication of a Sinhalese work on the kohomba Yakā in order that it might be available for me vi PREFACE.
Page 44
... Sinhalese . It is never cut , and is tied in a knot at the back of the head ( as stated by Knox , p . 62 ) , exactly like that of all Sinhalese . Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be ...
... Sinhalese . It is never cut , and is tied in a knot at the back of the head ( as stated by Knox , p . 62 ) , exactly like that of all Sinhalese . Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be ...
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... Sinhalese . The men never allow their hair to hang down beyond the upper part of the neck , even in the case of ... Kandy and near Kuru- nāegala ; but a Sinhalese folk tale places some on the western coast . This may indicate that we ...
... Sinhalese . The men never allow their hair to hang down beyond the upper part of the neck , even in the case of ... Kandy and near Kuru- nāegala ; but a Sinhalese folk tale places some on the western coast . This may indicate that we ...
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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