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... Persia and India . The term Indo - European , strictly speaking , does not refer to a race , and is the name given ... Persian , Greek , Latin , Celtic and Gothic . It is not yet known definitely in which region the parent of all these ...
... Persia and India . The term Indo - European , strictly speaking , does not refer to a race , and is the name given ... Persian , Greek , Latin , Celtic and Gothic . It is not yet known definitely in which region the parent of all these ...
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... Persians , who took ship from the Persian Gulf . The Persians were originally followers of Zoroaster , the great teacher still followed by the Parsees of India and Ceylon , but those who came to Ceylon were Christians who belonged to ...
... Persians , who took ship from the Persian Gulf . The Persians were originally followers of Zoroaster , the great teacher still followed by the Parsees of India and Ceylon , but those who came to Ceylon were Christians who belonged to ...
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... Persian . His capital was a small and pretty town , surrounded by a wooden wall with wooden towers . Not long after this the Tamil kings appear to have pressed further south , and exacted tribute from the Sinhalese districts during the ...
... Persian . His capital was a small and pretty town , surrounded by a wooden wall with wooden towers . Not long after this the Tamil kings appear to have pressed further south , and exacted tribute from the Sinhalese districts during the ...
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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