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... represented in the Amara- vati carvings ( late second century A.D. ) , which , however , had no cross - hilts . The one in the illustration tapers from hilt to point , like a dagger ; another has a blade with parallel sides and a short ...
... represented in the Amara- vati carvings ( late second century A.D. ) , which , however , had no cross - hilts . The one in the illustration tapers from hilt to point , like a dagger ; another has a blade with parallel sides and a short ...
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... represented on some of the early oblong coins , on which it has a length equal to the height of the personage who holds it . A similar weapon is placed at the side of the standing deity on some of the coins of Wijaya - Bāhu ; this has a ...
... represented on some of the early oblong coins , on which it has a length equal to the height of the personage who holds it . A similar weapon is placed at the side of the standing deity on some of the coins of Wijaya - Bāhu ; this has a ...
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... represents an enclosure or a house , as in the ideograph of a hawk standing in a square- ' the House of Horus . ' In ... represented a map of the sky . When the circle was omitted the interlaced crosses came to symbolise planets or stars ...
... represents an enclosure or a house , as in the ideograph of a hawk standing in a square- ' the House of Horus . ' In ... represented a map of the sky . When the circle was omitted the interlaced crosses came to symbolise planets or stars ...
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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