Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Hair - knot , or head - dress , or helmet extends at back of head . Raised work in front of face , some of it being part of an arched band that passes round and over head . R. Swāstika , turned l . No bar below its base line .
Hair - knot , or head - dress , or helmet extends at back of head . Raised work in front of face , some of it being part of an arched band that passes round and over head . R. Swāstika , turned l . No bar below its base line .
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Next we have a very large thin spear head of a broad leaf shape , found at the Tissa excavations , but unfortunately broken . The blade was nearly two and a half inches wide , and it appears to have been about seven and a half inches ...
Next we have a very large thin spear head of a broad leaf shape , found at the Tissa excavations , but unfortunately broken . The blade was nearly two and a half inches wide , and it appears to have been about seven and a half inches ...
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The horse's head appearing out of the rock behind him shows that the person was a cavalry soldier . The date of the carving is uncertain . The peculiar arch of the eyebrows is like that of the rock - cut sedent Buddha at Tantiri - malei ...
The horse's head appearing out of the rock behind him shows that the person was a cavalry soldier . The date of the carving is uncertain . The peculiar arch of the eyebrows is like that of the rock - cut sedent Buddha at Tantiri - malei ...
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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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