The History of the Tamils and the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
Page viii
G. K. Rajasuriar. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe — Last King of Sri Lanka ......... 2. Map of Sri Lanka ( Ceylon ) 3. Map of India ......... 4. Chart of the Pearl Fishery Mannar 5. Map of South India ...... ix X xi xii ...
G. K. Rajasuriar. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe — Last King of Sri Lanka ......... 2. Map of Sri Lanka ( Ceylon ) 3. Map of India ......... 4. Chart of the Pearl Fishery Mannar 5. Map of South India ...... ix X xi xii ...
Page 10
... Sri Lanka had primitive aborigines worshipping the serpent and hence referred to as the ' Nagas ' . The close proximity of South India , present Tamil Nadu to the North of Sri Lanka , would have facilitated these Nagas to cross over and ...
... Sri Lanka had primitive aborigines worshipping the serpent and hence referred to as the ' Nagas ' . The close proximity of South India , present Tamil Nadu to the North of Sri Lanka , would have facilitated these Nagas to cross over and ...
Page 29
... Sri Lanka . The territorial hold on Sri Lanka and other islands like the Maldives was securely maintained by a powerful naval fleet which also protected his trade interests in the seas around India , the Far East and China . The most ...
... Sri Lanka . The territorial hold on Sri Lanka and other islands like the Maldives was securely maintained by a powerful naval fleet which also protected his trade interests in the seas around India , the Far East and China . The most ...
Common terms and phrases
According Adigar ancient Anuradhapura appear army Aryan Bahu banks battle became British brought Buddha Buddhist built called capital carried caste century Ceylon CHAPTER Chola Chola King chronicle coast Cola Colombo Culavamsa daughter death destroyed district Dravidian Dutch East Elara elephants fact fled four further Gajabahu given hands head Hence Hindu inhabitants inscriptions island Jaffna Kalinga Kandy Kandyan Karavas Karikalan killed King kingdom known land language lived Mahavamsa Mannar married matters mention Nagas Nallur North origin Pandya pearls perhaps period port Portuguese present Prince Puttalam Queen race Rajavaliya records referred reign relic returned river royal ruled Sangili says seen sent settled ships Sinhala Sinhalese South India specially Sri Lanka story subsequently temple throne Tiger took tooth-relic trade tribes Vallipuram Vellala Vijaya worship