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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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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