Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Pangolin . You must make us a livelihood by ( means of the ' Iguāna . ' You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Monkey . We must meet with the Sambar deer .
You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Pangolin . You must make us a livelihood by ( means of the ' Iguāna . ' You must make us a livelihood by ( means of ) the Monkey . We must meet with the Sambar deer .
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The road running from the city in the direction of Dambadeniya is said to have crossed the Daeduru - oya by means of a bridge on wooden posts set in sockets cut in the rock in the bed of the river . That capital was 241 miles away in a ...
The road running from the city in the direction of Dambadeniya is said to have crossed the Daeduru - oya by means of a bridge on wooden posts set in sockets cut in the rock in the bed of the river . That capital was 241 miles away in a ...
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According to one the water was impounded in reservoirs , from which it was gradually passed out , either directly onto the fields where it was wanted , or by means of excavated channels down which it flowed to them .
According to one the water was impounded in reservoirs , from which it was gradually passed out , either directly onto the fields where it was wanted , or by means of excavated channels down which it flowed to them .
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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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