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... race that had its own unique civilisation and culture long before the invasion by and resultant influence of foreign races . Christy's book will , we can rest assured , fill the void that had left a race at the brink of despair and ...
... race that had its own unique civilisation and culture long before the invasion by and resultant influence of foreign races . Christy's book will , we can rest assured , fill the void that had left a race at the brink of despair and ...
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... race ' . Buddhism , which replaced serpent - worship , he qualifies , ' little more than a revival of the coarser superstitions of the aboriginal races ' . It is the Cobra which under the name of the NAGA , was worshipped in large parts ...
... race ' . Buddhism , which replaced serpent - worship , he qualifies , ' little more than a revival of the coarser superstitions of the aboriginal races ' . It is the Cobra which under the name of the NAGA , was worshipped in large parts ...
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... race . There never was an Aryan Race and all we are entitled to infer is the existence in the second millennium before our era of a group of people inhabiting the steppes of Turkistan and Central Russia with a common Indo - European ...
... race . There never was an Aryan Race and all we are entitled to infer is the existence in the second millennium before our era of a group of people inhabiting the steppes of Turkistan and Central Russia with a common Indo - European ...
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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