Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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S the Vaeddas were unacquainted with the art of smelting iron , or making any métal tools , and appear never to have had any stone tools of their own manufacture excepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone ...
S the Vaeddas were unacquainted with the art of smelting iron , or making any métal tools , and appear never to have had any stone tools of their own manufacture excepting very rudely made arrows and ' scrapers , ' etc. , no early stone ...
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prove that stone - cutting had been practised for a long period prior to the reign of Aśöka — or had possessed in Ceylon a long acquaintance with the art , even although any very early work done by them cannot be recognised now .
prove that stone - cutting had been practised for a long period prior to the reign of Aśöka — or had possessed in Ceylon a long acquaintance with the art , even although any very early work done by them cannot be recognised now .
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Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ... 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 .
Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ... 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 .
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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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