Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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These people were apparently true Vaeddas , but not now the Forest Vaeddas , who are , I believe , unacquainted , or only slightly acquainted , with ordinary Sinhalese . In physical appearance and colour they resembled Kandian Sinhalese ...
These people were apparently true Vaeddas , but not now the Forest Vaeddas , who are , I believe , unacquainted , or only slightly acquainted , with ordinary Sinhalese . In physical appearance and colour they resembled Kandian Sinhalese ...
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All those whom I met appeared to resemble the ordinary Sinhalese villagers in this respect , and their common reference to numbers up to a thousand showed that they are well acquainted with them . Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state ...
All those whom I met appeared to resemble the ordinary Sinhalese villagers in this respect , and their common reference to numbers up to a thousand showed that they are well acquainted with them . Regarding the Vaeddas , I may state ...
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If the vocabulary which I append be examined it will be found that there is in it only a single pronoun , and that is practically a Sinhalese , that is , an Aryan word . If they adopted the Sinhalese pronouns in the place of those which ...
If the vocabulary which I append be examined it will be found that there is in it only a single pronoun , and that is practically a Sinhalese , that is , an Aryan word . If they adopted the Sinhalese pronouns in the place of those which ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anurādhapura appears arrow Ayiyanār Bandāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome 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 leņe length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parākrama-Bāhu Parumaka Pattini player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rākshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side Siva sluice Southern India square stone Swāstika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
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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