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... fishing villages and 400 villages inhabited by pearl fisheries . This has been confirmed by Ptolemy that there were ... fishery . Megathenas , the Grecian ambassador to the court of Chandra Gupta wrote in 300 BC , that Tapbrobane ( Lanka ) ...
... fishing villages and 400 villages inhabited by pearl fisheries . This has been confirmed by Ptolemy that there were ... fishery . Megathenas , the Grecian ambassador to the court of Chandra Gupta wrote in 300 BC , that Tapbrobane ( Lanka ) ...
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... pearls ; and are employed to sort and value them according to their weight , beauty and goodness , dividing them into four ... pearl fishery , Koneswaram near Mantota , Tirukoneswaram near the great Bay of Kottiya and Nakuleswaram near ...
... pearls ; and are employed to sort and value them according to their weight , beauty and goodness , dividing them into four ... pearl fishery , Koneswaram near Mantota , Tirukoneswaram near the great Bay of Kottiya and Nakuleswaram near ...
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... Pearl Fishery of Mannar was under the kingdom of Jaffna . The Sinhalese King Bhuvanaka Bahu I ( 1273-1283 AD ) , was reigning from Yapahu and Dambadeniya , encroahed on the pearl fishery . A battle ensued off Mannar where Bhuvanaka ...
... Pearl Fishery of Mannar was under the kingdom of Jaffna . The Sinhalese King Bhuvanaka Bahu I ( 1273-1283 AD ) , was reigning from Yapahu and Dambadeniya , encroahed on the pearl fishery . A battle ensued off Mannar where Bhuvanaka ...
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