Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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trees in that part of the country , but the hunters were equal to the emergency , the threatening appearance of the sky ... They scoured the forest all around until they found a tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot .
trees in that part of the country , but the hunters were equal to the emergency , the threatening appearance of the sky ... They scoured the forest all around until they found a tree with a large hollow up the trunk , at its foot .
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a My friend Mr. J. A. Balfour , of the Irrigation Department , was good enough to get the distance carefully chained from the Bö - tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and ...
a My friend Mr. J. A. Balfour , of the Irrigation Department , was good enough to get the distance carefully chained from the Bö - tree along the road which passes the Ruwanwaeli dāgaba , to the middle of a trench which runs east and ...
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Usually , on a propitious day chosen by an astrologer , a large body of people accompanied by a kapurāla , or devilpriest , repair to the foot of a selected tree surrounded by open ground , and there , at the distance of a few yards ...
Usually , on a propitious day chosen by an astrologer , a large body of people accompanied by a kapurāla , or devilpriest , repair to the foot of a selected tree surrounded by open ground , and there , at the distance of a few yards ...
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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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