Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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The third kind of Bee makes its hive in hollows in trees . It is termed the Mi - maessā , the ' Bee - fly , ' the hive being the Miya , and it bears a close resemblance to the common Honeybee of Europe . The honey is darker coloured but ...
The third kind of Bee makes its hive in hollows in trees . It is termed the Mi - maessā , the ' Bee - fly , ' the hive being the Miya , and it bears a close resemblance to the common Honeybee of Europe . The honey is darker coloured but ...
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This is the more to be lamented for the reason that in all likelihood it was the only work of the kind of such an age in the island , unless the sluices at Vavuņik - kuļam are also in their original state .
This is the more to be lamented for the reason that in all likelihood it was the only work of the kind of such an age in the island , unless the sluices at Vavuņik - kuļam are also in their original state .
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Then he brings back his wife , who rows the Queen across , after which she returns for the washerman . In another puzzle of the same kind three Leopards and three Goats must be taken across a river by a ferry - man whose boat only holds ...
Then he brings back his wife , who rows the Queen across , after which she returns for the washerman . In another puzzle of the same kind three Leopards and three Goats must be taken across a river by a ferry - man whose boat only holds ...
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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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