Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 245
... probably the only period when these excessively large ones were made . Colossal sitting and reposing statues of Buddha cut out of the solid rock , at which the bricks are of pre - Christian date or the first century A.D. , and other ...
... probably the only period when these excessively large ones were made . Colossal sitting and reposing statues of Buddha cut out of the solid rock , at which the bricks are of pre - Christian date or the first century A.D. , and other ...
Page 288
... probably belongs to nearly the same period . On the top of the dome there would doubtless be a square ' tee ' of brickwork , ornamented , as in the other great dagabas , with post - and - rail work in false relief , and having a circu ...
... probably belongs to nearly the same period . On the top of the dome there would doubtless be a square ' tee ' of brickwork , ornamented , as in the other great dagabas , with post - and - rail work in false relief , and having a circu ...
Page 462
... probably date from the second and third centuries B.C. , when the construction of the large dagabas and other important monastic edifices must have necessitated the pre- sence of a large force of workmen . On many of the bricks laid in ...
... probably date from the second and third centuries B.C. , when the construction of the large dagabas and other important monastic edifices must have necessitated the pre- sence of a large force of workmen . On many of the bricks laid in ...
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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