Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... Southern India , or their neighbourhood . It has been already noted that the Rāmāyana mentions the existence of Yakshas on them . Professor R. Virchow has shown that the character of the skulls of the present Vaeddas indicates a race ...
... Southern India , or their neighbourhood . It has been already noted that the Rāmāyana mentions the existence of Yakshas on them . Professor R. Virchow has shown that the character of the skulls of the present Vaeddas indicates a race ...
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... Southern India , who provided them with food , sent them rain , and checked their illnesses and epidemics . They also believed in the existence of at least twelve evil deities or demons , who caused the ills that afflicted them . They ...
... Southern India , who provided them with food , sent them rain , and checked their illnesses and epidemics . They also believed in the existence of at least twelve evil deities or demons , who caused the ills that afflicted them . They ...
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... Southern India . In any case , there can be no doubt that the credit of its development and extension in the island is due to some of the first Sinhalese rulers and their responsible ́advisers . The nature of the flat plains around the ...
... Southern India . In any case , there can be no doubt that the credit of its development and extension in the island is due to some of the first Sinhalese rulers and their responsible ́advisers . The nature of the flat plains around the ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide 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 Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas