Ceylon Past and Present |
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THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF CEYLON | 1 |
II | 11 |
THE HUMAN HISTORY OF CEYLONTHE GREAT | 17 |
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13th century Abhayagiri Adam's Peak Alu-wihara amongst Ananda ancient Anuradhapura Archæological Department Asoka baths beautiful birds Bo Tree brick British Buddha Buddhist building built Burma Burmese butterflies capital Cave century B.C. CHAPTER charming climb coast coco-nut Colombo Dagoba Dambulla dhapura Diyaluma Falls Dondra Dondra Head Dutch Dutthagamini early elephants Facing fact feet high flowers foliage forest garden granite granulite guard stone highlands Hindu History of Ceylon Horton Plain interesting Island Jaffna Jetawana-rama jungle Kandy Kassiyappa King Tissa lake land legend Maha Mahawansa Mahinda Mahintale Malabar Malay Malaya miles monuments Moon Stones mountains naruwa Negombo Nissanka Nuwara Eliya origin Pågan pagoda palace palms Peninsula Peradeniya period pillars Polonnaruwa Portuguese Prakrama priests probably Ratna Pasada Rest House restored rise road rock Ruanweli ruins seen shrine Sigiriya Sinhalese Spolia Zeylanica stupa summit survives Tamil temple Tennent Tennent's Ceylon Thuparama Trincomalee Vijaya Walagam Bahu walls Yapahuwa