. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 291. A KELANI BARGE IN FULL 292. A KELANI BARGE. THK BOOK OF CI•:^■ 205 known to us as Adams Icak. But k^ciuis of Ktlanipura Main Line(the city ol KclaniyaJ tell of c\ents loni^- before the time of ^■.«13ucldha, and even go back to Wibhisaiia w ho rukd over Ceylonin the eighteenth century , and to whose memory was buikthe Wibhisana Dewale in the precincts of the Kekmiya history refers to the city of Ki laniya buik by KingYatala Tissa in the
. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 291. A KELANI BARGE IN FULL 292. A KELANI BARGE. THK BOOK OF CI•:^■ 205 known to us as Adams Icak. But k^ciuis of Ktlanipura Main Line(the city ol KclaniyaJ tell of c\ents loni^- before the time of ^■.«13ucldha, and even go back to Wibhisaiia w ho rukd over Ceylonin the eighteenth century , and to whose memory was buikthe Wibhisana Dewale in the precincts of the Kekmiya history refers to the city of Ki laniya buik by KingYatala Tissa in the third century n.( . He was succeeded byKing Kelani Tissa, who put to death an innocent Buddhistmonk b\ casting him into a cauldron of boiling oil, upon which,relates the ancient chronicle, the RajimHiliya, the sea en-croached and destroyed a great portion of the country. How-ever much these traditions may transcend the limits of stricthistorical verity, it is undoubted that Kelaniya was a place ofconsiderable fame in early times, and it is not surprising thatits \enerable temple and its sacred shrine attract both pilgrimsfrom afar and non-Buddhist
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