Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be exhibited represent men with wild unkempt frizzly locks ; but I have never seen anything of the kind in their own districts , and it is probable that ...
Photographs of some Village Vaeddas who have been brought to Kandy and elsewhere to be exhibited represent men with wild unkempt frizzly locks ; but I have never seen anything of the kind in their own districts , and it is probable that ...
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I have also seen a ' Moorman , ' perhaps thirty years old , in exactly the same state under similar circumstances . Some minutes elapsed before they recovered the power of speech . Of course all the forests frequented by these hunters ...
I have also seen a ' Moorman , ' perhaps thirty years old , in exactly the same state under similar circumstances . Some minutes elapsed before they recovered the power of speech . Of course all the forests frequented by these hunters ...
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6 of Plate II of Cunningham's Coins of Ancient India ; and I have seen quite similar cut pointerstones , like circular obelisks , on the eastern side of stone circles in the Gambia valley in West Africa . The learned authors who have ...
6 of Plate II of Cunningham's Coins of Ancient India ; and I have seen quite similar cut pointerstones , like circular obelisks , on the eastern side of stone circles in the Gambia valley in West Africa . The learned authors who have ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears believe belong bricks built called carried cave central century B.C. Ceylon chiefs close coins construction cross dāgaba deity demons described district early evidently face fact feet five follows Forest four give given Gods half hand head hill holding holes inches India indicate inscription island Kandian kind king known later length lived lower means mentioned miles never northern offering original passed perhaps period person pieces played player position possibly present probably protection prove Province reference regarding represented reservoir rice river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree turned usual Vaeddas village Wanniyas weight wide wihāra Yakā
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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