Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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... stone tools of their own manufacture ex- cepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone - cutting in any form can have been done by them . What knowledge of the art was possessed by the primitive Nāgas is quite ...
... stone tools of their own manufacture ex- cepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone - cutting in any form can have been done by them . What knowledge of the art was possessed by the primitive Nāgas is quite ...
Page 222
... stone - dressing in Ceylon at that period . Neither dolmens nor circles of stone posts , on which cup- markings are sometimes cut in other countries , being known in Ceylon , the only cup - shaped holes that have been met with occur on ...
... stone - dressing in Ceylon at that period . Neither dolmens nor circles of stone posts , on which cup- markings are sometimes cut in other countries , being known in Ceylon , the only cup - shaped holes that have been met with occur on ...
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... stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air another is picked up and the falling stone is caught in the same hand . One of them is put ...
... stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air another is picked up and the falling stone is caught in the same hand . One of them is put ...
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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