 | Thomas Seccombe - Voyages and travels - 1903 - 482 pages
...rocks. Here and there, by the side of this river, there is a world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright ; and other heaps of hewn stones, which I...remains of them yet standing upon stone pillars. In 8-;] THEY GET INTO THE MALABAR COUNTRY. 393 many places are points built out into the river, like wharves... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1903 - 480 pages
...rocks. Here and there, by the side of this river, there is a world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright ; and other heaps of hewn stones, which I...in three or four places, are the ruins of bridges, buUt of stone ; some remains of them yet standing upon stone pillars. In ;] THEY GET INTO THE MALABAR... | |
 | Hugh George Rawlinson - India - 1913 - 274 pages
...perhaps at the ancient Buddhist settlement of Tantri Malai, " A world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright, and other heaps of hewn stones, which I suppose...ruins of bridges built of stone, some remains of them standing yet upon stone pillars. In many places are points built out into the river like wharfs, all... | |
 | Robert Knox - Sri Lanka - 2004 - 166 pages
...rocks. Here and there, by the side of this river, there is a world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright ; and other heaps of hewn stones, which I...many places are points built out into the river, like wharves ; all of hewn stone: which I suppose have been built for kings to sit upon for pleasure ; for... | |
 | Jonathan Forbes - Sri Lanka - 1840 - 446 pages
...Anuradhapoora. He says, " Here and there, by the side of this river, is a world of hewn stone pillars, and other heaps of hewn stones, which I suppose formerly...remains of them yet standing upon stone pillars." The above extracts are taken from " An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies,... | |
 | 1849 - 946 pages
...:— Here and there, by the side of this river (the MalwattcOyn, or flower-garden river), is a world of hewn stones, which, I suppose, formerly were buildings ; and in three or four places arc the ruins of bridges built of stone ; some remains of them yet standing upon pillars." It is singular,... | |
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Here and there, by the side of this river, there is a world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright ; and other heaps of hewn stones, which I suppose formerly were buildings. And in three or four places, are the ruins of bridges, built of stone ; some... 
