Sri Collection (page 6)

Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka
Wild Men (Veddahs or Veddas) - Sri Lanka. The pure Veddhas, are related to the Austro-Asiatic peoples found scattered today in many parts of southern Asia

Pericopsis mooniana, or Nandu Wood
Pericopsis mooniana (Nandu Wood, Nedun Tree), also known as Dalbergia lanceolaria, Dalbergia mooniana, Derris ponapensis, Ormosia villamilii, and Pericopsis ponapensis

Sir Robert Brownrigg
SIR ROBERT BROWNRIGG British general, Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1811 to 1820. Date: 1759 - 1833

Two bulls locking horns, Sri Lanka
Two Bulls at One Shot -- two bulls (male buffalo) locking horns with hunters in the background, ready to fire. 1854

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Girl carrying a Water Jar (Chatty). The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Native Children - Sri Lanka - the boy standing on the left is shading his fellows with a large banana leaf

Rankoth Vehera Stupa - Sri Lanka
Rankoth (Rankot) Vehera (Golden Pinnacle) Stupa, is the 4th largest stupa in Sri Lanka. Built by King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196), it is 55 metres in height 185 metres in circumference

Hindu Juggernaut Car - Ceremony at Colombo
Hindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)

Sri Lanka - Moon Stone and Steps - Anuradhapura

Sri Aurobindo Ghose
SRI AUROBINDO GHOSE Indian poet and philosopher; imprisoned in his youth for nationalist agitation

Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth, Kandy
Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth relic at the Perahera Procession, Kandy, Sri Lanka - during the Kandy Esala Perahera (The Festival of the Tooth). Date: circa 1920s

Prince of Wales at Perahara Festival at Kandy Ceylon 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII), Perahara Festival at Kandy Ceylon. Date: 1876

Royal visit to India: Prince of Wales presented with address
Royal visit to India: Mr Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) the address of the municipal council at Colombo, Ceylon, 1876 Date: 1876

Landing Jetty, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
The Landing Jetty, with people and boats, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

View of York Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), looking towards the Jetty. Date: circa 1908

The Cingalee (or Sunny Ceylon) by James Tanner
The Cingalee by James T. Tanner (17 October 1858 18 June 1915), with music by Lionel Monckton (18 December 1861 15 February 1924)

Street scene with bullock taxi, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Hindu Vale Festival with Juggernaut, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Hindu Vale Festival with Silver Juggernaut Car and crowds of people, with the sea in the background, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Train on Government Railway, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Train on Government Railway connecting Colombo and Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Seen here passing an overhang known as the Lions Mouth Tunnel, Moragolla Mountain, near Kadugannawa. Date: circa 1910

Fishing boat on the sea, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Padda barge in full sail, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Catamarans on the beach, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Ferry boat, Lewella, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Ferry boat with passengers and outrigger, Lewella, a suburb of Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Adams Peak from Maskeliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
View of Adams Peak (Sri Pada, Sri Paadaya) from Maskeliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

United Club, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
United Club (club house and pavilion), Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a hill country retreat for British colonialists and tea barons. Date: circa 1908

Trincomalee Bay, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Trincomalee Bay, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Civil Hospital, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Civil Hospital, Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel, Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel, Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900

Bathing at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Bathing beach and terrace building at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Road to Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Scene with rickshaw, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Scene with rickshaw, Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Kandy Lake, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Kandy Lake, Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Procession, Holy Relic of the Tooth, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Annual Procession of the Holy Relic of the Tooth (the Kandy Perahera), Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Kandy is the home of the relic of the tooth of Buddha -- a casket containing it is carried on the back of an

Elephants and their keepers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1909

Scene near Victoria Bridge, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with people bathing in the water. Date: circa 1910

Street scene, Fort district, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Mosque, Cinnamon Gardens, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s

Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Street vendor with fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street vendor carrying pingo baskets containing fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Clock tower, Queen Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Golden Temple Gateway, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Gateway (Darshani Deorhi Arch) to the Golden Temple (Sri Harmandir Sahib, Sri Darbar Sahib, the abode of God), Amritsar, Punjab, India

Colpetty Road, near Galle Face, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Colpetty (Kollupitiya) Road, near Galle Face, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1908

Point de Galle, south west Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Breakwater scene, coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Breakwater scene with ships, coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900

Fishing boats in harbour, Mutwal, Colombo, Ceylon
Fishing boats in harbour, Mutwal (Modara), a coastal suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900

Banyan trees, Kalutara, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
View of Banyan trees at Kalutara, a coastal town in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900

Royal visit to Ceylon, 1870
The landing of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh(1844-1900) at Colombo in Ceylon(Sri Lanka), for his visit in 1870. Date: 1870

The interior of a court house, Ceylon
The interior of a court house in the Kandian provinces in Ceylon(Sri Lanka). The young Kandian woman complains of the treatment she has recieved at the hands of her husband

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