Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... bricks used in this series of ancient works . I add also , for comparison , the sizes of the bricks used in the large dagaba at Sanchi in India , which dates from the time of Aśōka1 ( 263-222 B.C. ) , although the measurements are only ...
... bricks used in this series of ancient works . I add also , for comparison , the sizes of the bricks used in the large dagaba at Sanchi in India , which dates from the time of Aśōka1 ( 263-222 B.C. ) , although the measurements are only ...
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... bricks are found . For instance , the short table already given would at least enable any one to distinguish , by the bricks alone , a work of the tenth or twelfth century from one of the second or third century A.D. , and the latter ...
... bricks are found . For instance , the short table already given would at least enable any one to distinguish , by the bricks alone , a work of the tenth or twelfth century from one of the second or third century A.D. , and the latter ...
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... bricks than are necessary ; and secondly , because the accidents of time or the repairs of edifices have resulted in the fracture of nearly all the longer bricks , with the exception of those laid in buildings that were specially ...
... bricks than are necessary ; and secondly , because the accidents of time or the repairs of edifices have resulted in the fracture of nearly all the longer bricks , with the exception of those laid in buildings that were specially ...
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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