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In all probability this was the original reason of the establishment of a town or trading settlement at the place , long before Wijaya's time . Beyond this general idea of the position of Uruwēla city we cannot go until the discovery of ...
In all probability this was the original reason of the establishment of a town or trading settlement at the place , long before Wijaya's time . Beyond this general idea of the position of Uruwēla city we cannot go until the discovery of ...
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114 ) that the original dāgaba had the usual three basal ledges . King Lajji - Tissa ( 119-109 B.C. ) , the son of Saddhā - Tissa , then erected three stone altars ' at the dāgaba , each costing one hundred thousand coins of some kind .
114 ) that the original dāgaba had the usual three basal ledges . King Lajji - Tissa ( 119-109 B.C. ) , the son of Saddhā - Tissa , then erected three stone altars ' at the dāgaba , each costing one hundred thousand coins of some kind .
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In the figure on this gem , therefore , we have the original Indian design of the sitting figure on the oblong coins , as well as the original type of the sitting king on the later coinage of Parākrama - Bāhu I and his sucOn these last ...
In the figure on this gem , therefore , we have the original Indian design of the sitting figure on the oblong coins , as well as the original type of the sitting king on the later coinage of Parākrama - Bāhu I and his sucOn these last ...
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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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