Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... coast tracts in all respects but colour , religion , and language . " In a note on the subject of Polyandry , the late Mr. E. Goone- tilleke , the learned Sinhalese editor of the Orientalist , said in Vol . iv , p . 93 of that ...
... coast tracts in all respects but colour , religion , and language . " In a note on the subject of Polyandry , the late Mr. E. Goone- tilleke , the learned Sinhalese editor of the Orientalist , said in Vol . iv , p . 93 of that ...
Page 108
... coast , near native settlements , at which the vessels called , and to which the articles produced in the country would be conveyed for barter with the adventurous merchants who came for them with the monsoon winds . All this must ...
... coast , near native settlements , at which the vessels called , and to which the articles produced in the country would be conveyed for barter with the adventurous merchants who came for them with the monsoon winds . All this must ...
Page 241
... coast they landed at Tammaṇṇā - toța , and rested beneath a Banyan tree ' ( Rāj . , p . 16 ) . From the sea or the coast near Kirindi , Adam's Peak is clearly visible in fine weather , as the writer from whom this account was taken by ...
... coast they landed at Tammaṇṇā - toța , and rested beneath a Banyan tree ' ( Rāj . , p . 16 ) . From the sea or the coast near Kirindi , Adam's Peak is clearly visible in fine weather , as the writer from whom this account was taken by ...
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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