The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... Sinhalese , their language , is still the most widely spoken in Ceylon . Iron which they introduced is yet the most widely used metal in the island . Agriculture , which they brought to this island , is even today the main occupation of ...
... Sinhalese , their language , is still the most widely spoken in Ceylon . Iron which they introduced is yet the most widely used metal in the island . Agriculture , which they brought to this island , is even today the main occupation of ...
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... Sinhalese , but there is no doubt that it is considerable . Otherwise it is difficult to explain why the Sinhalese language , not only in its vocabulary but also in its structure , shows the influence of Tamil 1 In the Rigvēda there is ...
... Sinhalese , but there is no doubt that it is considerable . Otherwise it is difficult to explain why the Sinhalese language , not only in its vocabulary but also in its structure , shows the influence of Tamil 1 In the Rigvēda there is ...
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... Sinhalese language at this period , as the inscriptions show , differed little from the other Aryan dialects of India.1 The Sinhalese characters inscribed on rocks also show hardly any devia- tion from the script of Aśōka till the first ...
... Sinhalese language at this period , as the inscriptions show , differed little from the other Aryan dialects of India.1 The Sinhalese characters inscribed on rocks also show hardly any devia- tion from the script of Aśōka till the first ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
THE NORTH INDIAN PERIOD II | 13 |
THE SOUTH INDIAN PERIOD I | 65 |
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Abhayagiri Agbō Anuradhapura army Aryans Aśōka became bhikshus Bhuvanaikabāhu bōdhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism Buddhist bhikshus buildings built CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called capital captured century A.D. Cēra Ceylon chief Cōla conquest Copyright Archæological Survey Culavansa dāgäbas death defeated Dharmakirti district Dravidians dynasty empire Gajabāhu Gampola Ganga Hindu Hinduism history of Ceylon influence inscriptions invasions island Isurumuniya Jātaka Kalinga Kirti Kōṭṭē Lambakarṇa language Lankatilaka large number lived Māgama Mahasen Mahaväli Ganga Mahāvansa Mahāvihārē Mahāyāna Mahāyānists mainly Malaya Mānābharaṇa Māyārața Mihindu Mōriya Muslims Nāga Niśśanka Malla North Indian Period occupied Pāli Canon Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu Polonnaruva probably Rājarāja Rajarața Rayigama rebellion region reign religious rivers Ruhuna ruled ruler Saddha Sangha Sanskrit sculpture sects Sēna Sigiriya Sinhalese kings Sinhalese language Siri Mevan Siva South India Srī Sri Vallabha successors Survey of Ceylon Tamil kingdom tanks temple throne Tissa took tribes troops Väddas Vihārē Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vijayanagara Vikramabahu Vīra worship