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... head . Raised work in front of face , some of it being part of an arched band that passes round and over head . R. Swastika , turned 1. No bar below its base line . To 1. , a symbol which may be the vase ; to r . , a small symbol indis ...
... head . Raised work in front of face , some of it being part of an arched band that passes round and over head . R. Swastika , turned 1. No bar below its base line . To 1. , a symbol which may be the vase ; to r . , a small symbol indis ...
Page 536
... 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 long . A later interesting type ( Figs ...
... 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 long . A later interesting type ( Figs ...
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... head looking out of the rock is a feature characteristic of Phoenician sculpture . On a slab dug up at Tissa on which a cow and calf were carved in relief , the head of a bull was represented looking out of the stone above the cow's ...
... head looking out of the rock is a feature characteristic of Phoenician sculpture . On a slab dug up at Tissa on which a cow and calf were carved in relief , the head of a bull was represented looking out of the stone above the cow's ...
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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