Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Fashioned , established ( for sacred purposes ) , put in the prepared place ( in ) the reign of the Great King Maļu - Tissa . The characters are those of the second century A.D. , and the dedication belongs to the time of Kaniţtha ...
Fashioned , established ( for sacred purposes ) , put in the prepared place ( in ) the reign of the Great King Maļu - Tissa . The characters are those of the second century A.D. , and the dedication belongs to the time of Kaniţtha ...
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I cannot see any reason to doubt that the inscriptions numbered 53 and 54 belong to the only king of an early date called Gāmiņi Abhaya , who had a father and grandfather named Tissa and Abhaya respectively . They must have been cut by ...
I cannot see any reason to doubt that the inscriptions numbered 53 and 54 belong to the only king of an early date called Gāmiņi Abhaya , who had a father and grandfather named Tissa and Abhaya respectively . They must have been cut by ...
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same way , two kings called Tissa were discriminated in the second century A.D. , the elder one being called Bhătika . ... to a son of Bhātikābhaya ( Nāga ) who is not mentioned by the historians ; the king's title ' Mahāraja ' in No.
same way , two kings called Tissa were discriminated in the second century A.D. , the elder one being called Bhătika . ... to a son of Bhātikābhaya ( Nāga ) who is not mentioned by the historians ; the king's title ' Mahāraja ' in No.
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears believe belong bricks built called carried cave central century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four give given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight 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 | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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