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... Anarajapoora deserted , and 376 Pollanarrua built . 400 • 377 The Malabars did nothing to improve 377 the island · 401 A.D. 840. A fresh Malabar invasion 401 378 • The Singhalese seek to conciliate 377 them by alliances 402 377 . 377 ...
... Anarajapoora deserted , and 376 Pollanarrua built . 400 • 377 The Malabars did nothing to improve 377 the island · 401 A.D. 840. A fresh Malabar invasion 401 378 • The Singhalese seek to conciliate 377 them by alliances 402 377 . 377 ...
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... Anarajapoora 479 WORKING IN METALS . Materials for building 479 Early knowledge of the use of iron 457 • Steel . Mode of constructing a dagoba Enormous dimensions of 480 these 457 structures Copper and its uses 480 457 • Monasteries and ...
... Anarajapoora 479 WORKING IN METALS . Materials for building 479 Early knowledge of the use of iron 457 • Steel . Mode of constructing a dagoba Enormous dimensions of 480 these 457 structures Copper and its uses 480 457 • Monasteries and ...
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... Anarajapoora MR . A. NICHOLL 343 From a Photograph 345 Ruins of the Brazen Palace By MR . A. NICHOLL 357 The Alu Wihara MR . A. NICHOLL 375 The fortified Rock of Sigiri MR . A. NICHOLL Coin of Queen Leela - Wattee Coin showing the ...
... Anarajapoora MR . A. NICHOLL 343 From a Photograph 345 Ruins of the Brazen Palace By MR . A. NICHOLL 357 The Alu Wihara MR . A. NICHOLL 375 The fortified Rock of Sigiri MR . A. NICHOLL Coin of Queen Leela - Wattee Coin showing the ...
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... Anarajapoora Sacred Goose from the Burmese Standard Hansa , from the old Palace at Kandy Honeysuckle Ornament Egyptian Yoke and Singhalese Pingo Veddah drawing the Bow with his Foot Method of Writing with a Stile The " Comboy , " as ...
... Anarajapoora Sacred Goose from the Burmese Standard Hansa , from the old Palace at Kandy Honeysuckle Ornament Egyptian Yoke and Singhalese Pingo Veddah drawing the Bow with his Foot Method of Writing with a Stile The " Comboy , " as ...
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... Anarajapoora and Sigiri is the only example in Ceylon of those solitary acclivities , which form so remarkable a feature in the table - land of the Dekkan starting abruptly from the plain with scarped and perpendicular sides , and ...
... Anarajapoora and Sigiri is the only example in Ceylon of those solitary acclivities , which form so remarkable a feature in the table - land of the Dekkan starting abruptly from the plain with scarped and perpendicular sides , and ...
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.