Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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The Jētavana is the widest completed dāgaba in Ceylon , 1 the diameter of the dome at the upper basal ledge being 325 feet . The dome is a semi - globe , or rather part of one , as the centre of the globe was found by Mr. Smither to be ...
The Jētavana is the widest completed dāgaba in Ceylon , 1 the diameter of the dome at the upper basal ledge being 325 feet . The dome is a semi - globe , or rather part of one , as the centre of the globe was found by Mr. Smither to be ...
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It had three basal ledges , above which it appeared to be nearly vertical for several feet in height , the whole dome being apparently almost a hemisphere . A square tee was afterwards built , and a spire was being added when I last saw ...
It had three basal ledges , above which it appeared to be nearly vertical for several feet in height , the whole dome being apparently almost a hemisphere . A square tee was afterwards built , and a spire was being added when I last saw ...
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The embankment was 37 feet high in the bed of the valley , above the sill of the low - level sluice , and from 12 to 16 feet wide on the top . The side facing the water sloped downward at the rate of 3 feet horizontal to one foot ...
The embankment was 37 feet high in the bed of the valley , above the sill of the low - level sluice , and from 12 to 16 feet wide on the top . The side facing the water sloped downward at the rate of 3 feet horizontal to one foot ...
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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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