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... kings . In the markets of early times it can only have existed in small quantities , for we find the price paid in ancient Rome to have been the equivalent of £ 8 sterling per pound weight . Its cultivation is not referred to , and ...
... kings . In the markets of early times it can only have existed in small quantities , for we find the price paid in ancient Rome to have been the equivalent of £ 8 sterling per pound weight . Its cultivation is not referred to , and ...
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... King Parakrama Bahu of Polonnaruwa , met the Indian invaders near Panadure and defeated them . The second belongs to the struggle for supremacy between the Dutch and Portuguese in the seventeenth century . Marching three thousand strong ...
... King Parakrama Bahu of Polonnaruwa , met the Indian invaders near Panadure and defeated them . The second belongs to the struggle for supremacy between the Dutch and Portuguese in the seventeenth century . Marching three thousand strong ...
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... King Dutthagamini , B.C. 161. The carved scrollwork upon it is the finest of the kind to be met with . INDURUWA ( 41m . 54c . ) .— This is the latest railway station Induruwa opened on the coast line . It serves a population of about ...
... King Dutthagamini , B.C. 161. The carved scrollwork upon it is the finest of the kind to be met with . INDURUWA ( 41m . 54c . ) .— This is the latest railway station Induruwa opened on the coast line . It serves a population of about ...
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... King Gothábhaya . Its age is attested no less by ancient writings and traditions than by the interesting remains . Beside the ruins of the original edifice , consisting of large monolith pillars and various steps and door - frames ...
... King Gothábhaya . Its age is attested no less by ancient writings and traditions than by the interesting remains . Beside the ruins of the original edifice , consisting of large monolith pillars and various steps and door - frames ...
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... king Ravana in order to rescue Sita from captivity . To these three deities , and to Pattini , the goddess of chastity , the majority of the dewáles will be found to be dedicated . Gadaladeniya is within easy reach of Kadugannawa . Two ...
... king Ravana in order to rescue Sita from captivity . To these three deities , and to Pattini , the goddess of chastity , the majority of the dewáles will be found to be dedicated . Gadaladeniya is within easy reach of Kadugannawa . Two ...
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Page 62 - ... loveliness remains vivid and unimpaired. If, as is frequently the case, the ship approaches the land at daybreak, the view recalls, but in an intensified degree, the emotions excited in childhood by the slow rising of the curtain in a darkened theatre to disclose some magical triumph of the painter's fancy, in all the luxury of colouring and all the glory of light.
Page 84 - Being thus posted under the walls of the castle, Captain Morgan commanded the sentry whom they had taken prisoner, to speak...
Page 176 - There, having approached the theras worthy of veneration and bowed down to them, proceeding together with the theras to the upper ferry of the river, he made his progress, ploughing the ground with a golden plough to mark the limits for the consecration. The superb state elephants, Mahapaduma and Kunjara, were harnessed to the golden plough.
Page 195 - The solid mass of masonry in this vast mound is prodigious. Its diameter is three hundred and sixty feet, and its present height (including the pedestal and spire) two hundred and forty-nine feet; so that the contents of the semi-circular dome of brickwork and the platform of stone seven hundred and twenty feet square and fifteen feet high exceed twenty millions of cubic feet. Even with the facilities which modern invention supplies for economising labour, the building of such a mass would at present...
Page 195 - ... in length. They would construct a town the size of Ipswich or Coventry ; they would line an ordinary railway tunnel twenty miles long, or form a wall one foot in thickness and ten feet in height, reaching from London to Edinburgh.
Page 62 - ... that incline towards the sea, and bend their crowns above the water. The shore is gemmed with flowers, the hills behind are draped with forests of perennial green ; and far in the distance rises the zone of purple hills, above which towers the sacred mountain of Adam's Peak, with its summit enveloped in clouds.
Page 177 - ... baskets borne down by the weight of flowers; triumphal arches made of plantain trees, and females holding up umbrellas and other (decorations); excited by the symphony of every description of music ; encompassed by the martial might of his empire ; overwhelmed by the shouts of gratitude and festivity, which welcomed him from the four quarters of the earth ; — this lord of the land made his progress, ploughing...
Page 28 - ... and 25 cents for reply. If, however, the articles lost were booked and placed on the van, inquiry will be made by wire without charge. Ammunition Only safety breech-loading cartridges may be despatched by passenger train, and they are charged for at ordinary prepaid parcels rates, provided they are packed in a box, barrel, or case of wood, metal, or other solid material of such strength that it will not become defective or insecure whilst being conveyed. Horses, car- The rates and regulations...
Page 76 - The infant is swung to sleep in a rude net of coir string made from the husk of the fruit ; its meal of rice and scraped cocoa-nut is boiled over a fire of cocoa-nut shells and husks, and is eaten off a dish formed of the plaited green 'leaves of the tree, with a spoon cut out of the nut shell.
Page 25 - Nanuoya are provided with accommodation for ' tafca twelve passengers, namely, two four-berth and two two-berth compartments, and lavatory accommodation. Each berth is numbered and provided with pillows, sheets, blankets and quilt, and an attendant accompanies each car. The charge for each berth in the sleeping-car is Rs. 2.50 in addition to the ordinary first-class fare for the distance to be travelled. A...