Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... length calculated from the thickness or breadth , or derived from a comparison with other similar bricks , the error ... length was commonly about six times the thickness , and the breadth was about half the length . Afterwards ...
... length calculated from the thickness or breadth , or derived from a comparison with other similar bricks , the error ... length was commonly about six times the thickness , and the breadth was about half the length . Afterwards ...
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... length of 7 miles for a yōjana . Uruwēla city is also said ( p . 107 ) to be five yōjanas from Anuradhapura . The distance in a direct line to the mouth of the Malwatta - oya , near which it may have been built , is 45.6 miles . Adding ...
... length of 7 miles for a yōjana . Uruwēla city is also said ( p . 107 ) to be five yōjanas from Anuradhapura . The distance in a direct line to the mouth of the Malwatta - oya , near which it may have been built , is 45.6 miles . Adding ...
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... length was determined by the measure of the ancient cubit . For ascertaining the length in this manner I have taken all bricks in my tables the volume of which exceeds 400 cubic inches , this being apparently a fairly trustworthy ...
... length was determined by the measure of the ancient cubit . For ascertaining the length in this manner I have taken all bricks in my tables the volume of which exceeds 400 cubic inches , this being apparently a fairly trustworthy ...
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THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
THE RELIGION OF THE VAEDDAS | 133 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide 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 Pattini pillars player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree Upatissa upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas