Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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... Rajavali , p . 180 , 190 . The first disturbance of the coast by which Ceylon is alleged to have been severed from the main land is said by the Buddhists to have taken place B.C. 2387 ; a second commotion is ascribed to the age of ...
... Rajavali , p . 180 , 190 . The first disturbance of the coast by which Ceylon is alleged to have been severed from the main land is said by the Buddhists to have taken place B.C. 2387 ; a second commotion is ascribed to the age of ...
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... Rajavali of its use in Ceylon in the second century before the Christian era , and in the Maha- wanso in the fifth century of it . This subject is mentioned elsewhere : see chapter on the Arts and Sciences of the Singhalese . 66 as ...
... Rajavali of its use in Ceylon in the second century before the Christian era , and in the Maha- wanso in the fifth century of it . This subject is mentioned elsewhere : see chapter on the Arts and Sciences of the Singhalese . 66 as ...
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... Rajavali , he inserted an account of the native sove- reigns , from the earliest times to the arrival of the Portu- guese ; but , wearied by the monotonous inanity of the story , he omitted every reign between the fifth and fifteenth ...
... Rajavali , he inserted an account of the native sove- reigns , from the earliest times to the arrival of the Portu- guese ; but , wearied by the monotonous inanity of the story , he omitted every reign between the fifth and fifteenth ...
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... Rajavali ; prepared for the use of Sir Alexander Johnston when Chief - Justice of the island . But Turnour , in the introduction to his masterly translation of the Maha- wanso , has shown that Sir Alexander had been imposed upon , and ...
... Rajavali ; prepared for the use of Sir Alexander Johnston when Chief - Justice of the island . But Turnour , in the introduction to his masterly translation of the Maha- wanso , has shown that Sir Alexander had been imposed upon , and ...
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... Rajavali , published by Upham , two authors have since expanded the Epitome of the former into something like a connected narrative , and those who wish to pursue the investigation of the early story of the island , will find facilities ...
... Rajavali , published by Upham , two authors have since expanded the Epitome of the former into something like a connected narrative , and those who wish to pursue the investigation of the early story of the island , will find facilities ...
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