Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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There are traces of a small building on the crest of the rock , and the remnants of a monastery on another rock termed Nelun - gala , Lotus - Rock , ' a short distance away ; while on the other side of the Frog Rock is the embankment of ...
There are traces of a small building on the crest of the rock , and the remnants of a monastery on another rock termed Nelun - gala , Lotus - Rock , ' a short distance away ; while on the other side of the Frog Rock is the embankment of ...
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Near the Wellangolla holes a long inscription has been -t on the rock by the great king Jettha - Tisa , son of the great king Mahā - Sēna , ' ' recorāing grants made to the monks . JetthaTissa reigned from 332 to 341 A.D. , and the ...
Near the Wellangolla holes a long inscription has been -t on the rock by the great king Jettha - Tisa , son of the great king Mahā - Sēna , ' ' recorāing grants made to the monks . JetthaTissa reigned from 332 to 341 A.D. , and the ...
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From the southern side of the rock it then resumed its southward direction for a short distance , after which it was turned up - stream at a right angle for 2100 feet until it ended at high ground not far from the site of the old city ...
From the southern side of the rock it then resumed its southward direction for a short distance , after which it was turned up - stream at a right angle for 2100 feet until it ended at high ground not far from the site of the old city ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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