Sri Lankan Kings Collection- A rare Collection

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    Kastiya Balanawa athi ,,, May mokakda may party ekka kiyala.
    wena mukuth nemay... Meka thama Kurunagala Station ekka Open karapu dawesa. Kolu wadak, e kalay widihata. :nerd:

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    Kohomada Raja Kalay Enjima-- Fatta neda

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    MACHAN MAMA UBEY THREAD EKA GEDI PITIN COPY KARALA FACEBOOK EKEY DAMMATA KAMAK NADDA MACHAN.. THESE R VALUABLE STUFF TO SHARE MACHAN.. MAMA MEY THREAD EKEY LINK EKAK EKKA BASSANNAM.. THANX FOR SHARING .. THAWA THIYANAWANAM DAAPAN
     

    kukku baba

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    Onna ittin... thawa Raja Baduwak add kala. Balannako mokakda may kiyala:nerd: May book ekka Lankaway Monama Library ekakawath thiyenawa da nam kiyala Sure na. Mokada Meka thama Lankaway Print Karapu First book ekka. and it was in Sinhala too

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    Meka Print Kalay 1737 Olanda Karayo ( Dutch)
    "It was in 1737 that the first printing is known to have been done in the island of Ceylon--then under Dutch rule. The Governor, Gustavus Wilhelmus, Baron Imhof, thought it would be advantageous to provide Christian literature for the Buddhist and Mohammedan population, so in 1736 he imported a press. The first book printed on this press is a Singhalese Prayer book in octavo format, in 1737

    May book ekkay ada value ekka $57,000.​
     

    kukku baba

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    1750 Dutch Colombo Map ekka.
    balannako danna karana places thiyenawa da kiyala.
    man nam ittin hoya gattha , Maradana, Dematagoda, wellawattha, Kollipitiya.
    e kalay nam ittin Colombo 123 kiyala nemay thibbay, Corale kiyaa,



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    kukku baba

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    MACHAN MAMA UBEY THREAD EKA GEDI PITIN COPY KARALA FACEBOOK EKEY DAMMATA KAMAK NADDA MACHAN.. THESE R VALUABLE STUFF TO SHARE MACHAN.. MAMA MEY THREAD EKEY LINK EKAK EKKA BASSANNAM.. THANX FOR SHARING .. THAWA THIYANAWANAM DAAPAN

    Aulak na ban, mewwa math net research ekkak karala hoya gattha ewwa.
    Gedi Pitin Dapan :lol:
     

    kukku baba

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    To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Dom Lourenço de Almeida in 1505 or 1506 in Ceylon, Portugal issued two stamps and a souvenir sheet in 2006. One of the stamps and the souvenir sheet have a pictorial map of Colombo on the westa coast of Ceylon.

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    kukku baba

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    Menna Kashaypa Rajathumagay Wada Kida. Hitha Ganna Ba kohomada mewwa anday kiyala. Lanu wela ellila da dannay na Galay Anday.

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    Patta Effort ekkak deela thiyennay , mewwa sanrakshanay karanna e kalay​

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    Meka Hena Parana Note ekkak. Math dakkay Research ekka karanakota.

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    kukku baba

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    Scotland Army Personal in Ceylon 1820

    E kalay Andum Dakka da? may set ekka dakala apy set ekkata kora wela.

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