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... PROVINCE Tre golleng Dambullay radhana mam Chilaw Pruthv PROVINCE Catalunya ra t CENTRAL Dambadenya Kaeya PROVINCE WESTERNgà Adam's Peak „ Budulk PROVINCE gan ABARACAMUWA Kalutara Ratnapur PROVINCE Bentota Ekan Kataragama OUTHERN ...
... PROVINCE Tre golleng Dambullay radhana mam Chilaw Pruthv PROVINCE Catalunya ra t CENTRAL Dambadenya Kaeya PROVINCE WESTERNgà Adam's Peak „ Budulk PROVINCE gan ABARACAMUWA Kalutara Ratnapur PROVINCE Bentota Ekan Kataragama OUTHERN ...
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... Province , there are three holes in a triangle , cut in the rock at the flood - escape ( Fig . No. 62 ) . At hole No. 20 the rock is broken away at the mouth ; below this it is 5 inches wide , and it has a total depth of 10 inches ...
... Province , there are three holes in a triangle , cut in the rock at the flood - escape ( Fig . No. 62 ) . At hole No. 20 the rock is broken away at the mouth ; below this it is 5 inches wide , and it has a total depth of 10 inches ...
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... Province . I have observed a group of , I think , seven such holes arranged in an extended line on a long low rock in the North - central Province , at the side of a path leading to a wihāra . At that time I recorded no particu- lars of ...
... Province . I have observed a group of , I think , seven such holes arranged in an extended line on a long low rock in the North - central Province , at the side of a path leading to a wihāra . At that time I recorded no particu- lars of ...
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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