People of the Maldive Islands |
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The Land and its Resources | 1 |
Origin Myths and Legends | 28 |
The Earliest Maldivians | 48 |
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Aḍḍū Alif ancient Arabic atiri atol chief atol office banished Baṭṭūṭa behaviour Bell boat Boḍu British brother Buddhist called caste Century A.D. ceremony Ceylon child coconut Cōla Colombo common cowries culture dance Didi Divehi divorce dōnis Dravidian elite fandita father fish foreign gāzi Girāvaru girls Gujarāt husband Ibrahim Nasir important Indian Ocean Indo-Aryan Islamic island office Jātaka jinnis katību Kerala king kinship Koimalā Lakshadvip land language living Ma Huan Maldive Islands Maldivian Māle Maliku marriage married matrilineal millets Minister mosque mother mudimu Muhammad Muslim myth Nāga origin Pāli person political population Portuguese prayers Pyrard raivar rank Rāveri reef ritual Royal Asiatic Society rule sail ships Sinhala society South Asia South India southern atols Śri Sri Lanka stūpas Sultan Tam.-Mal Tamil trade traditional trees visited wear woman women word Young and Christopher