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... natives of Ceylon described as Yakkos and Nagas Traces of serpent - worship in Ceylon 331 Coincidence of the ... native popula- tion LISATION . 336 B.C. 505. His death and suc successors 336 . 360 340 341 . A number of petty kingdoms ...
... natives of Ceylon described as Yakkos and Nagas Traces of serpent - worship in Ceylon 331 Coincidence of the ... native popula- tion LISATION . 336 B.C. 505. His death and suc successors 336 . 360 340 341 . A number of petty kingdoms ...
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... natives ; domestic slavery was extinguished ; compulsory labour , previously exacted from the free races , was abolished ; and new laws under a charter of justice superseded the arbitrary rule of the native chiefs . In the course of ...
... natives ; domestic slavery was extinguished ; compulsory labour , previously exacted from the free races , was abolished ; and new laws under a charter of justice superseded the arbitrary rule of the native chiefs . In the course of ...
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... native customs which no available materials sufficed to illustrate ; and native claims , often serious in their im- portance , the consideration of which was obstructed by a similar dearth of authentic data . With a view to executive ...
... native customs which no available materials sufficed to illustrate ; and native claims , often serious in their im- portance , the consideration of which was obstructed by a similar dearth of authentic data . With a view to executive ...
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An Account of the Island Physical Sir James Emerson Tennent. its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter ... natives correct informa- tion as to its œconomy and disposition . Anecdotes in connection with this subject , I ...
An Account of the Island Physical Sir James Emerson Tennent. its native woods . Opportunities for observing the latter ... natives correct informa- tion as to its œconomy and disposition . Anecdotes in connection with this subject , I ...
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... natives fully impressed by the traditions of its former extent and partial submersion ; and their belief in ... native legends will be found in the Mahawanso , c . xxii . p . 131 ; and Rajavali , p . 180 , 190 . The first disturbance of ...
... natives fully impressed by the traditions of its former extent and partial submersion ; and their belief in ... native legends will be found in the Mahawanso , c . xxii . p . 131 ; and Rajavali , p . 180 , 190 . The first disturbance of ...
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Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
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abundance Adam's Peak amongst Anarajapoora ancient Anim appear Asiat Báhu Batticaloa birds Blyth Boisd Brahmans Brug Buddha Buddhist century Ceylon Chemn coast cobra coco-nut Colombo colour Conch Cram cultivation dagoba described ditto Dohrn Dutugaimunu early eastern European exhibit Fabr feet fish flowers forests frequent gneiss Gray Guén Hagen Helic hills Hist Horsf Hübn Icon inches India inhabitants insects island Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan Kelaart king labour land larvæ Latr Layard Leach Linn Maha Mahawanso Malabar Méth Monog monsoon mountains natives Neuera-ellia Niet Pali Pasc peculiar period Pfeiff plants portion present priests Proc rain Raja Rajaratnacari Rajavali Reeve reign resembling rivers rocks Rohuna sacred shells Singhalese species Steph Syst tanks Taprobane temples tion Tissa trees Trincomalie TURNOUR'S Epitome vegetation Vert wanderoo Westw whilst wiharas Wijayo wind wood Zool
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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.