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Ceylon sinhalese Stock Photos and Images
RM2B00TJH–Sri Lanka: Dutch engraving of a Sinhalese attack on Dutch settlers, 17th century. Sri Lanka had always been an important port and trading post in the ancient world, and was increasingly frequented by merchant ships from the Middle East, Persia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. The islands were known to the first European explorers of South Asia and settled by many groups of Arab and Malay merchants.
RMREXANH–Tree on Ceylon. Sinhalese schalmij. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: Dec-1785. Place: Sri Lanka. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
RMFEE81H–Sinhalese Devil Dancers on the island of Sri Lanka, Asia. The dancers wear masks which represent the demons who are appeased by them in times of sickness.
RM2B6EM8N–Tree in Ceylon Sinhalese schalmij Color Drawing of a (coconut) tree and a wind instrument Where: Music is played on march for the carriers of a palanquin. With inscription. Part of the sketchbook of Jan Brandes, Vol. 1 (1808), p. 101 and see Part 2, p. 136. Manufacturer : artist: Jan BrandesPlaats manufacture: Sri Lanka Date: Dec 1785 Physical features: watercolor on sketch in pencil, paintbrush color material: Paper Pencil Technique: Brush dimensions: H 195 mm × W 155 mm Date: 1785 - 1786
RMEN520P–A view of the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds in Colombo, Sri Lanka where the MCC team will play 2 matches against Ceylon teams. Temporary sheds have been erected to accomodate spectators. October 1958.
RM2G4JYB0–transport / transportation, navigation, boats, Sinhalese dugout canoe with side arm, ARTIST'S COPYRIGHT HAS NOT TO BE CLEARED
RMBBA2X8–Islam, mosque with two towers behind the Sinhalese national flag, Fort Galle, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
RMHKAF4C–The main BOC or Bank of Ceylon building front facade with signs in Tamil, Sinhalese and English languages stands at downtown cit
RM2HJ7X07–1960s, historical, Ceylon, outside in a village square, on a grass verge, two adult males in costumes, headwear and decorated flowers, performing the traditional Kandyan dance, accompanied by a drummer playing the gata bera, the traditional srilankan drum. The Kandyan dance has a long history in the country and the ritual is performed with the belief that its blesses people with prosperity and long life. Since its orgins many centuries ago, the dance has become a symbol of Sri Lankan national identity.
RFAMH81X–burghers ceylon moor cloth vendor Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic Sinhalese Tamil: island nation South Asia, India. Budd
RM2J72DP4–The 'Buried Cities' Of Ceylon -- Semicircular 'moonstones' pave the entrances to relic-houses and temples in both Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa; because the Sinhalese go barefoot the stones are scarcely worn. They are carved with sacred geese, lions, elephants and prancing horses; there is always a lotus flower in the centre. Close-up view. July 18, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).
RM2B00MRE–Sri Lanka: Portrait of a Sinhalese girl, late 19th century. The Sinhalese are an ethnic group forming the majority in Sri Lanka, constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population. They number approximately 15 million in the world. They live mainly in central, south and west Sri Lanka. According to legend they are the descendants of the exiled Prince Vijaya who arrived from North-East India to Sri Lanka in 543 BCE. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The vast majority of Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists and speak Sinhala,
RMP5NMEY–Costumes of the natives of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Sinhalese man with sword and cane, and indigenous Vedda man with feather skirt, bow and arrows, fur cape, and two dogs on leashes. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's 'Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen' (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' and others.
RM2A7EH12–Costumes of the natives of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Sinhalese man with sword and cane, and indigenous Vedda man with feather skirt, bow and arrows, fur cape, and two dogs on leashes. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's 'Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen' (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' and others.
RFKWYG73–Sandakada pahana or Moon-stone in Polonnaruwa ancient city. Moon stone is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka.
RMEN52MM–Groundsmen prepare the field at Sinhalese Sports Club grounds in Colombo, Sri Lanka where the MCC team will play 2 matches against Ceylon teams. Temporary sheds have been erected to accomodate spectators. October 1958.
RF2E8WTB5–Sri Lanka. Sinhalese woman praying in front of a golden buddha Statue in a temple at an altar.
RF2BKPT3G–Group of unrecognizable tourists enjoying amazing view from mount Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Sigiriya, Lion rock, is a large stone and ancient
RM2J72DPH–The Buried Cities' Of Ceylon - The rock-temple (Gal-vihara), 'the cave of the spirits of knowledge' is hewn out of a solid granite face, and in it broods a Buddha seated on a carved pedestal. The rock background is decorated with figures of Hindu gods, who played a considerable part in the religion of the Sinhalese Buddhists. July 18, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).
RF2HJPTD4–The ruins of Polonnaruwa, the old Sinhalese capital. Jetawanarama, & the 'milk-white' dagoba. Sri Lanka. Ceylon (1923)
RM2B01D1G–Sri Lanka: Sinhalese mother and child, late 19th century. The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, forming the majority in Sri Lanka. They constitute 74% of the Sri Lankan population, numbering approximately 15 million. They live mainly in central, south and west Sri Lanka. According to legend they are the descendants of the exiled Prince Vijaya who arrived from North-East India to Sri Lanka in 543 BCE. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The vast majority of Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists and speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language.
RFMMAT65–KANDY, SRI LANKA - JANUARY 27, 2015: Beautiful sinhalese woman performing traditional kandyan dance near a buddhist temple.
RMG2X7T6–Headstone of Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet of Kandy, at Kandy Garrison Cemetery, Kandy, Sri Lanka, known as the Sinhalese hermit
RFKWYG3Y–Sandakada pahana or Moon-stone in Polonnaruwa ancient city. Moon stone is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka.
RMFWDW5C–Sri Lanka, Polonnaruwa, Quadrangle, pillar with ancient stone inscription in Sinhalese script
![Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of an elderly man with hair ornament. 'Singhelese in Kandy'. From "Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Berlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AG0FMP/sinhalese-washerman-kandy-ceylon-1898-portrait-of-an-elderly-man-with-hair-ornament-singhelese-in-kandy-from-quotrund-um-die-erdequot-by-c-w-allers-union-deutsche-berlagsgesellschaft-stuttgart-1898-2AG0FMP.jpg "Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of an elderly man with hair ornament. 'Singhelese in Kandy'. From "Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Berlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo")
RM2AG0FMP–Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of an elderly man with hair ornament. 'Singhelese in Kandy'. From "Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Berlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]
RF2E8WTH6–Sri Lanka. Sinhalese people standing in front of a golden buddha Statue in a temple at an altar.
RM2B7G5KJ–Sri Lanka Ceylon Cultural Triangle Anuradhapura Kuttan Pokuna twin ponds water steps stairs 8th century ritual baths tourists
RM2J72DRH–The Royal Tour: Ceylon - The ruins at Polonnaruwu, the city that rose to be capital - of Ceylon in the 12th century; in left background, the Kiri, or Milk Dagoba, so called because it was covered with a milk-white covering of lime. Polonnaruwu, under the rule of a Sinhalese king called Parakrama, was a highly civilized place with palaces, theatres, libraries, hospitals, schools, parks and gardens, lakes and waterways and many temples and monasteries. The King's Wall, 90 miles long, encircled the capital. Polonnaruwu in the course of its history was abandoned and lost to the jungle; it was disc
RM2B00TE7–Sri Lanka: Portrait of an aristocratic Sinhalese family from Kandy. Photo by Charles T. Scowen (1852-1948), 1880s. In 1592 Kandy became the capital city of the last remaining independent kingdom in Sri Lanka after the coastal regions had been conquered by the Portuguese. Kandy stayed independent until the early 19th century. In the Second Kandyan War, the British met no resistance and reached the city on February 10, 1815. On March 2, 1815, a treaty known as the Kandyan Convention was signed between the British and the Radalas (Kandyan aristocrats), which made Kandy a British protectorate.
RFKJ19FD–Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura ruin, historical capital city of the Sinhalese Buddhist state on Sri Lances
RM2T90K98–Commemorative dish depicting the fall of the Kingdom of Kandy, c. 1815, 3/4 × 24 × 24 in. (1.91 × 60.96 × 60.96 cm), Brass, Sri Lanka, 19th century, The vivid scenes hammered into the surface of this large brass dish commemorate the epic fall of the Kingdom of Kandy (1592–1815), the last independent state in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to succumb to British Crown rule. The design echoes that of Kandyan mural painting, with events staged in a series of illustrated panels, accompanied by brief descriptions incised in the local language (Sinhalese).
RMFWDWXG–Sri Lanka, Polonnaruwa, Quadrangle, Hadatadage, ancient Sinhalese script inscription by King Nissankamalla;
![Sinhalese man, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a young man in what is now Sri Lanka. 'Ein Singhalese'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AG0FNH/sinhalese-man-colombo-ceylon-1898-portrait-of-a-young-man-in-what-is-now-sri-lanka-ein-singhalese-from-quotrund-um-die-erdequot-round-the-earth-written-and-illustrated-by-c-w-allers-union-deutsche-verlagsgesellschaft-stuttgart-1898-2AG0FNH.jpg "Sinhalese man, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a young man in what is now Sri Lanka. 'Ein Singhalese'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo")
RM2AG0FNH–Sinhalese man, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a young man in what is now Sri Lanka. 'Ein Singhalese'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]
RF2F2R37B–Antique 19th-century engraving of Sinhalese people from Sri Lanka. Illustration published in Systematischer Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon, Ik
RM2HEWTMP–Buddhist monks use palm leaf fans in the heat during a mass funeral for people killed in the bombing of the central bus station, April 27, 1987 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A massive car bomb set by Tamil separatists exploded at the central bus station killing over 100 people and wounding more than 300.
RM2B00T7P–Sri Lanka/Czechoslovakia: 'Portrait of Two Sinhalese Women'. Illustration by T. F. Simon (1877-1942), c. 1928. Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877–1942), was a Czech painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. Although based mainly in Europe, his extensive travels took him to Morocco, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his artistic work. He died in Prague in 1942. Largely ignored during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia, his work has received greater attention in recent years.
RFKJ1941–Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura ruin, historical capital city of the Sinhalese Buddhist state on Sri Lances
RMFWDW0G–Sri Lanka, Polonnaruwa, Quadrangle, pillar with ancient stone inscription in Sinhalese script
![Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. 'Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AG0FNF/studies-of-people-colombo-ceylon-1898-roman-catholic-tamil-man-sinhalese-man-muslim-man-tscheddy-mam-tamile-romische-katholik-singhalese-mohamedaner-from-quotrund-um-die-erdequot-round-the-earth-written-and-illustrated-by-c-w-allers-union-deutsche-verlagsgesellschaft-stuttgart-1898-2AG0FNF.jpg "Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. 'Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898] Stock Photo")
RM2AG0FNF–Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. 'Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]
RM2X15AH1–THE CEYLON RNVR ON WAR SERVICE. 1942, COLOMBO, CEYLON. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE CEYLON RNVR, MANNING PATROL VESSELS AND MINESWEEPERS ROUND THE ISLAND. MEN IN TRAINING AND ON ACTIVE SERVICE. - Sinhalese ratings of the Ceylon RNVR undergoing instruction in signalling
RM2HEWTMG–Buddhist monks gather in protest to demand an end to the sectarian violence driving the country into civil war, April 27, 1987 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A massive car bomb that exploded at the central bus station killing over 100 people
RM2B00T80–Sri Lanka/Czechoslovakia: 'Two Young Sinhalese Women'. Drawing by T. F. Simon (1877-1942), c. 1928. Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877–1942), was a Czech painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. Although based mainly in Europe, his extensive travels took him to Morocco, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his artistic work. He died in Prague in 1942. Largely ignored during the Communist era in Czechoslovakia, his work has received greater attention in recent years.
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