Страница - 10Страница - 12- Agriculture unknown before the arrival of Wijayo [429]
- Rice was imported into Ceylon in the second century B.C.
[429]
- The practice of irrigation due to the Hindu kings [430]
- Who taught the science of irrigation to the Singhalese
(note) [430]
- The first tank constructed B.C. 504 [431]
- Gardens and fruit-trees first planted [432]
- Value of artificial irrigation in the north of Ceylon [432]
- In the south of the island the rains sustain cultivation
[432]
- Two harvests in the year in the south of the island [432]
- In the north, where rains are uncertain, tanks indispensable
[432]
- Irrigation the occupation of kings [434]
- The municipal village-system of cultivation [434]
- "Assoedamising" of rice lands in the mountains [434]
- Temple villages and their tenure [434]
- Farm-stock buffaloes and cows [435]
- A Singhalese garden described [435]
- Coco-nut palm rarely mentioned in early writings [436]
- Doubt whether it be indigenous to Ceylon [436]
- The Mango and other fruits [437]
- Rice and curry mentioned in the second century B.C. [437]
- Animal food used by the early Singhalese [438]
- Betel, antiquity of the custom of chewing it [438]
- Intoxicating liquors known at an early period [439]
CHAP. III.
EARLY COMMERCE, SHIPPING, AND PRODUCTIONS.
- Trade entirely in the hands of strangers [440]
- Native shipping unconnected with commerce [440]
- Same indifference to trade prevails at this day [441]
- Singhalese boats all copied from foreign models [442]
- All sewn together and without iron [442]
- Romance of the "Loadstone Island" [443]
- The legend believed by Greeks and the Chinese [443]
- Vessels with two prows mentioned by Strabo [444]
- Foreign trade spoken of B.C. 204 [444]
- Internal traffic in the ancient city of Ceylon [445]
- Merchants traversing the island [445]
- Early exports from Ceylon,—gems, pearls, &c. [445]
- The imports, chiefly manufactures [446]
- Horses and carriages imported from India [447]
- Cloth, silk, &c., brought from Persia [447]
- Kashmir, intercourse with [447]
- Edrisi's account of Ceylon trade in the twelfth century
[448]
CHAP. IV.
MANUFACTURES.
- Silk not produced in Ceylon [450]
- Coir and cordage [450]
- Dress; unshaped robes [450]
- Manual and Mechanical Arts—Weaving [451]
- Priest's robes spun, woven, and dyed in a day [452]
- Peculiar mode of cutting out a priest's robe [452]
- Bleaching and dyeing [452]
- Earliest artisans, immigrants [452]
- Handicrafts looked down on [453]
- Pottery [453]
- Glass [454]
- Glass mirrors [454]
- Leather [454]
- Wood carving [454]
- Chemical Arts—Sugar [455]
- Mineral paints [455]
CHAP. V.
WORKING IN METALS.
- Early knowledge of the use of iron [457]
- Steel [457]
- Copper and its uses [457]
- Bells, bronze, lead [458]
- Gold and silver [458]
- Plate and silver ware [458]
- Red coral found at Galle (note) [459]
- Jewelry and mounted gems [459]
- Gilding.—Coin [460]
- Coins mentioned in the Mahawanso [460]
- Meaning of the term "massa" (note) [460]
- Coins of Lokiswaira [461]
- General device of Singhalese coins [461]
- Indian coinage of Prakrama Bahu [462]
- Fish-hook money [463]