Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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I was then no ionger inexperienced ; I had lived for several years in jungle stations , and had been accustomed to jungle shooting and elephant tracking . The men who were with me could not possibly be acquainted with the part of the ...
I was then no ionger inexperienced ; I had lived for several years in jungle stations , and had been accustomed to jungle shooting and elephant tracking . The men who were with me could not possibly be acquainted with the part of the ...
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The people who had lived in them must have become villagers . It is possible that heavy taxation , or misgovernment , or Tamil invasions induced a certain number of these villagers , who had always lived partly by hunting , to revert to ...
The people who had lived in them must have become villagers . It is possible that heavy taxation , or misgovernment , or Tamil invasions induced a certain number of these villagers , who had always lived partly by hunting , to revert to ...
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... the statement that before his accession to the throne Parākrama - Bāhu II lived at Nanbambaraya ; and thirdly , another statement that his wife , who of course lived there with him , was termed the Siriwaddhana Bisawa ( queen ) .
... the statement that before his accession to the throne Parākrama - Bāhu II lived at Nanbambaraya ; and thirdly , another statement that his wife , who of course lived there with him , was termed the Siriwaddhana Bisawa ( queen ) .
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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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