An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies, Volume 1 |
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies Charles Pridham No preview available - 2019 |
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Adigaar Anuradhapoora appear army arrival attended Badulla Batecalo body Brahmins British brother Buddha Buddhist called capital caste ceremony Ceylon CHAP character chiefs cinnamon cloth coast cocoa-nut coffee Colombo colony command commenced Coromandel coast court cultivation dagobah Dalada death Dissave district Don John Dutch duty elephants Emperor enemy English European favour fishery force Gaimono Gautama Gautama Buddha gods gold Government Governor ground hands head headmen honour India inhabitants interior island Jaffna Kandian Kandy King King's Korles labour land Maha Major Davie Malabar Malays manner maritime provinces Mauritius ment miles Modeliars monarch native Negombo obtained occasion offered officers oysters palace party pearl person Portuguese possession Praackrama present priests prince principal Ptolemy punishment Raja Singha received reign relic religion respect rice royal sent Singhalese slaves soon succeeded success Taprobane temples throne tion trees Trincomalee troops Veddahs village whole wihare