The Early History of Ceylon, Or, The Indian Period of Ceylon History |
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... Ceylon away from India , in addition to its being an island , is its position in the highway of sea - traffic midway between Europe and the Far East , which brought Ceylon into touch with traders from the East and the West . Trade , at ...
... Ceylon away from India , in addition to its being an island , is its position in the highway of sea - traffic midway between Europe and the Far East , which brought Ceylon into touch with traders from the East and the West . Trade , at ...
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... CEYLON IN INDIA AND GREEK LITERATURE Four Indian works of this period make reference to Ceylon , and the writers of them apppear to have considered this island as a sort of fairy - land occupied by yakshas or non - human beings . The ...
... CEYLON IN INDIA AND GREEK LITERATURE Four Indian works of this period make reference to Ceylon , and the writers of them apppear to have considered this island as a sort of fairy - land occupied by yakshas or non - human beings . The ...
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... Ceylon from very early times . It is not certain whether the Arabs , who came before the Christian era to south - west India , had dealings with Ceylon . From the second ... Ceylon to exchange their goods with 56 THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON.
... Ceylon from very early times . It is not certain whether the Arabs , who came before the Christian era to south - west India , had dealings with Ceylon . From the second ... Ceylon to exchange their goods with 56 THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON.
Contents
1 The Island2 The Väddas3 The Peoples of | 1 |
II | 16 |
THE NORTH INDIAN PERIOD II | 27 |
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Abhayagiri Adam's Peak Agbō Anuradhapura army Aryans Aśōka became bhikshus Bhuvanaikabāhu bodhisattva brother Buddha Buddhism Buddhist bhikshus buildings built called capital captured century A.D. Cēra chief Cōla conquest Copyright Archæological Survey Culavansa Dāgäba death defeated district Dravidians dynasty empire Gajabāhu Gampola Ganga Hindu Hinduism history of Ceylon influence inscriptions invaded Ceylon invasions island Isurumuniya Jātaka Kālidāsa Kalinga Kāśyapa Kirti Kōṭṭē lands language Lankatilaka large number lived Māgama Mahasen Mahaväli Ganga Mahavansa Mahavihārē Mahāyānists mainly Malaya Mānābharaṇa Māyārața Mihindu Mōriya Muslims Nāga Niśśanka Niśśańka Malla North Indian Period occupied Pāli Pali Canon Pallava Pandya Parakrama Parakramabahu Polonnaruva probably Rājarāja Rajarața Rayigama rebellion region reign religious rivers Ruhuna ruled ruler Saddhā Sangha Sanskrit sculpture sects Sēna Sinhalese kings Sinhalese language Siri Mevan Siva South India Sri Vallabha successors Survey of Ceylon Tamil kingdom tanks temple throne Tissa took tribes troops Väddas Vihārē Vijaya Vijayabāhu Vijayanagara Vikramabahu worship