Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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1 six chiefs of a King Wijaya - Bāhu ; but whether he was the first who bore that name , and who reigned from 1065 to 1120 A.D. , or a later one , I am unable to say . It is not probable , however , that the king was one of the later ...
1 six chiefs of a King Wijaya - Bāhu ; but whether he was the first who bore that name , and who reigned from 1065 to 1120 A.D. , or a later one , I am unable to say . It is not probable , however , that the king was one of the later ...
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References to such a building occur in the histories , and are given in a later chapter on the dāgabas . It is only the measurements of the bricks which prove that the building is of pre - Christian age . The size of the bricks found in ...
References to such a building occur in the histories , and are given in a later chapter on the dāgabas . It is only the measurements of the bricks which prove that the building is of pre - Christian age . The size of the bricks found in ...
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The special Swastika symbol of all the early Sinhalese coins , including also the large circular coin just mentioned , which will be described later on , is cut at the beginning or end of three pre - Christian inscriptions in Ceylon ...
The special Swastika symbol of all the early Sinhalese coins , including also the large circular coin just mentioned , which will be described later on , is cut at the beginning or end of three pre - Christian inscriptions in Ceylon ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears believe belong bricks built called carried cave central century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four give given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight wide wihāra Yakā
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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