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I annex for comparison the weight of some coins of the south Indian king Raja - Raja , purchased by me in Madura , from which I have excluded only coins that are evidently cut away at the edges . Date . Name . Number of Coins .
I annex for comparison the weight of some coins of the south Indian king Raja - Raja , purchased by me in Madura , from which I have excluded only coins that are evidently cut away at the edges . Date . Name . Number of Coins .
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The nearest approach to the attitude of the king which I have found on early Indian coins is that of the sitting Herakles on the coins of Euthydemos , King of Baktria ( circa 230-200 B.C. ) , as he appears in Plate I , Nos .
The nearest approach to the attitude of the king which I have found on early Indian coins is that of the sitting Herakles on the coins of Euthydemos , King of Baktria ( circa 230-200 B.C. ) , as he appears in Plate I , Nos .
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76 ) to date from about the first century B.C. ; and on the Eran coin No. 19 of Plate XI of that work . It also appears on the Andra coin numbered 14 , in Plate II of Sir W. Elliott's Coins of Southern India .
76 ) to date from about the first century B.C. ; and on the Eran coin No. 19 of Plate XI of that work . It also appears on the Andra coin numbered 14 , in Plate II of Sir W. Elliott's Coins of Southern India .
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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
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| 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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