Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... kind of Bee makes its hive in hollows in trees . It is termed the Mi - maessa , the ' Bee - fly , ' the hive being the Miya , and it bears a close resemblance to the common Honey- bee of Europe . The honey is darker coloured but perhaps ...
... kind of Bee makes its hive in hollows in trees . It is termed the Mi - maessa , the ' Bee - fly , ' the hive being the Miya , and it bears a close resemblance to the common Honey- bee of Europe . The honey is darker coloured but perhaps ...
Page 377
... kind of such an age in the island , unless the sluices at Vavunik - kulam are also in their original state . As in all later sluices , the work in this one consisted of three parts , ( 1 ) a rectangular open well built near the point ...
... kind of such an age in the island , unless the sluices at Vavunik - kulam are also in their original state . As in all later sluices , the work in this one consisted of three parts , ( 1 ) a rectangular open well built near the point ...
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... kind three Leopards and three Goats must be taken across a river by a ferry - man whose boat only holds two besides himself . If the Goats be not left on both banks in excess of the Leopards the latter will eat them , and this must be ...
... kind three Leopards and three Goats must be taken across a river by a ferry - man whose boat only holds two besides himself . If the Goats be not left on both banks in excess of the Leopards the latter will eat them , and this must be ...
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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