Download or read book Historical Guide to Anuradhapura s Ruins written by Hubert E. Weerasooriya and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1995 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to exploring this fascinating island country. Each chapter includes thoroughly researched travel information, hotel and restaurant listings, and thoughtful background on the environment, politics, culture, music and history, and a practical language guide ensures you can interact with locals. The full-color design combines glorious images to whet your appetite with a practical layout and dozens of accessible and accurate maps to guide you from the urban centers to the jungle, beaches and mountains. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka.
Download or read book The Buried Cities of Ceylon a Guide Book to Anuradhapura and Polonaruwa written by Stephen Montagu Burrows and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... very much mutilated; and beyond this, on the same side (at the mile-post) is a square " Mantragala" stone with nine square holes in its upper surface at regular intervals. It is impossible at present to pronounce authoritatively as to the actual use and meaning of these curious stones. Formerly they were called "Yogi" stones, and were supposed to have been used by ascetics for purposes of mystic devotion and second sight. But this is rendered improbable by the positions in which some of them have been found, and by the fact that one at least, if not more, was covered by a heavy stone slab. It seems clear that these stones were always square, and always divided into either 9 or 25 partitions; that probably they were laid down within shrines, below the floor, and covered with a slab upon which rested the dsanaya, or pedestal, of the image, or other object of worship; that they were talismans against demoniac influences; that the 9 and 25 divisions had various mystic and astrological significations. There is a similar stone to this, with twenty-five small squares in the compound of the Government Agent's residence; a second near the reading-room and the stone bulls; and a third at the new excavations near the stone canopy. To the south-east of this stone, an enormous "pokuna"is visible, which is known as the Elephants' Bathing Tank.f Nearly opposite, on the left-hand side of the road, See Mr. Bell's Seventh Report to Government, Appendix A, t There is a tendency in local tradition to presume that everything particularly large was intended for and used by elephants--a hypothesis not supported by investigation. is a beautiful stone canopy, restored in 1886. The square centre-piece is particularly perfect, and perhaps the finest specimen of...
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka written by Gavin Thomas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to one of the world’s most beautiful islands, with the most in-depth coverage available to the country’s superb beaches, magnificent wildlife, verdant tea plantations and majestic Buddhist remains. The guide’s wealth of practical information includes the best maps of Sri Lanka in any guide, the full rundown on getting there and around, plus meticulously researched reviews of all the very best places to stay, eat, drink and shop, in all price categories, from serene oceanside Ayurveda retreats to atmospheric colonial-era tea estate bungalows. Introductory sections on food, drink, health, cultural customs, outdoor activities and specialist tour operators will give you all the practical info you need to know to plan your visit, and there’s also extensive expert background on everything else you need to know about Sri Lanka, from the history of the ancient Buddhist kingdoms through all the lowdown on the contemporary political scene. Helpful inserts on tea, Buddhism and the island’s highlights round out the coverage, fleshed out with awe-inspiring photography.
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