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... temple , are 12.75 inches long , 8.12 inches wide , and 2.75 inches thick , the contents being 285 cubic inches , and the product of the breadth multiplied by the thickness , 22.3 square inches . According to the table given in the next ...
... temple , are 12.75 inches long , 8.12 inches wide , and 2.75 inches thick , the contents being 285 cubic inches , and the product of the breadth multiplied by the thickness , 22.3 square inches . According to the table given in the next ...
Page 183
... temple for him is an extremely simple and economical oblong structure , a mere hut , consisting of only one room ... Temple of the Gale Deviyā . THE PRIMITIVE DEITY 183 Rock Temple of the Gale-Deviyā.
... temple for him is an extremely simple and economical oblong structure , a mere hut , consisting of only one room ... Temple of the Gale Deviyā . THE PRIMITIVE DEITY 183 Rock Temple of the Gale-Deviyā.
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... temple ; the painting was executed in the middle of the seventeenth century , and is supposed by the monks in charge of the temple to reproduce the former work done in the time of Niśśanka - Malla ( 1198-1207 A.D. ) . Below an ...
... temple ; the painting was executed in the middle of the seventeenth century , and is supposed by the monks in charge of the temple to reproduce the former work done in the time of Niśśanka - Malla ( 1198-1207 A.D. ) . Below an ...
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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