Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... North - central Province , near Hurulla tank , and several others on the eastern side of the lower part of the Mahawaeli- ganga , but the great majority live in the Eastern Province . ( 3 ) The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas , who live in ...
... North - central Province , near Hurulla tank , and several others on the eastern side of the lower part of the Mahawaeli- ganga , but the great majority live in the Eastern Province . ( 3 ) The Tamil - speaking Vaeddas , who live in ...
Page 93
... North - western and North - central Provinces . They appear to have been learnt , like the one already given , from Kandian Sinhalese visitors or settlers , or perhaps have been passed down from the earlier Vaeddas of the North- central ...
... North - western and North - central Provinces . They appear to have been learnt , like the one already given , from Kandian Sinhalese visitors or settlers , or perhaps have been passed down from the earlier Vaeddas of the North- central ...
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... North - central Province , Mr. Bell met with one of these holes surrounded by two concentric circles cut in the rock . His account of it is as follows : - ' Here , too , is one of the unexplained incisions in concentric circles not ...
... North - central Province , Mr. Bell met with one of these holes surrounded by two concentric circles cut in the rock . His account of it is as follows : - ' Here , too , is one of the unexplained incisions in concentric circles not ...
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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