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... miles ; this was afterwards reduced to twelve miles , as given by Mr. Childers in his Pāli Dictionary ; and an estimate by Professor Rhys Davids in his work On the Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon , p . 17 , made it between seven ...
... miles ; this was afterwards reduced to twelve miles , as given by Mr. Childers in his Pāli Dictionary ; and an estimate by Professor Rhys Davids in his work On the Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon , p . 17 , made it between seven ...
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... miles , or a 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 , or a 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 ...
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... miles , or by the present road , which is very devious , 86 miles . The relics were taken there in a procession like that to Siriwaḍḍhana - nuwara , during the reign of the same king . Possibly the word yōjana was written instead of ...
... miles , or by the present road , which is very devious , 86 miles . The relics were taken there in a procession like that to Siriwaḍḍhana - nuwara , during the reign of the same king . Possibly the word yōjana was written instead of ...
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anuradhapura appears arrow Ayiyanar Baṇḍāra bangles bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters cross dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome Duṭṭha-Gāmiņi 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 length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parumaka player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rakshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side sluice Southern India square stone Swastika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
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| 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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