A Time Of Change Questioning The Collapse Of Anuradhapura Sri Lanka

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A Time Of Change Questioning The Collapse Of Anuradhapura Sri Lanka

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Author : Keir Magalie Strickland
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-06-30

A Time Of Change Questioning The Collapse Of Anuradhapura Sri Lanka written by Keir Magalie Strickland and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with Social Science categories.

This book reassesses the apparent collapse of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record, rather than focusing solely upon textual sources which have been overly relied upon in previous studies.

Rewriting Buddhism

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Author : Alastair Gornall
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2020-03-17

Rewriting Buddhism written by Alastair Gornall and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with History categories.

Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka’s most culturally productive period. This era of reform (1157–1270) shaped the nature of Theravada Buddhism both in Sri Lanka and also Southeast Asia and even today continues to define monastic intellectual life in the region. Alastair Gornall argues that the long century’s literary productivity was not born of political stability, as is often thought, but rather of the social, economic and political chaos brought about by invasions and civil wars. Faced with unprecedented uncertainty, the monastic community sought greater political autonomy, styled itself as royal court, and undertook a series of reforms, most notably, a purification and unification in 1165 during the reign of Parakramabahu I. He describes how central to the process of reform was the production of new forms of Pali literature, which helped create a new conceptual and social coherence within the reformed community; one that served to preserve and protect their religious tradition while also expanding its reach among the more fragmented and localized elites of the period.

A Cultural Encyclopedia Of Lost Cities And Civilizations

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Author : Michael Shally-Jensen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2022-11-11

A Cultural Encyclopedia Of Lost Cities And Civilizations written by Michael Shally-Jensen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-11 with History categories.

"A stimulating volume for readers interested in lost cultures or climate change's role in the past and present." – Library Journal This volume explores the span of human history – and plenty of prehistory – searching out prominent and fascinating examples of cities or broader civilizations that shifted from a position of influence to a lack thereof. The accelerating threat of climate change challenges us to analyze our own communities' relationships with the wider world and to contemplate their very existence. This single-volume cultural encyclopedia examines lost cities and civilizations from every region of the globe and dated throughout human history. Arranged alphabetically, the compilation allows both students and general readers easy access to detailed entries on specific lost cities and civilizations. Throughout the geographically and chronologically diverse entries, such themes as colonization, migration, and especially climate change are developed and analyzed. Supplementing the main entries are sidebars detailing mythological cities and Investigative Boxes examining present-day cities on the brink of extinction. These round out the book's focus on disappearing cultural centers and reveal the robust relevance this material has to a world facing the crisis of climate change.

Comparative Studies In The Development Of Complex Societies

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Author : T. C. Champion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Comparative Studies In The Development Of Complex Societies written by T. C. Champion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Ethnoarchaeology categories.

The World Archaeological Congress 1 7 September 1986 Southampton And London Comparative Studies In The Development Of Complex Societies 3 V

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

The World Archaeological Congress 1 7 September 1986 Southampton And London Comparative Studies In The Development Of Complex Societies 3 V written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Anthropology, Prehistoric categories.

Sri Lanka At The Crossroads Of History

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Author : Zoltán Biedermann
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2017-06-07

Sri Lanka At The Crossroads Of History written by Zoltán Biedermann and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-07 with History categories.

The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdisciplinary volume sets out to draw Sri Lanka into the field of Asian and Global History by showing how the latest wave of scholarship has explored the island as a ‘crossroads’, a place defined by its openness to movement across the Indian Ocean.Experts in the history, archaeology, literature and art of the island from c.500 BCE to c.1850 CE use Lankan material to explore a number of pressing scholarly debates. They address these matters from their varied disciplinary perspectives and diverse array of sources, critically assessing concepts such as ethnicity, cosmopolitanism and localisation, and elucidating the subtle ways in which the foreign may be resisted and embraced at the same time. The individual chapters, and the volume as a whole, are a welcome addition to the history and historiography of Sri Lanka, as well as studies of the Indian Ocean region, kingship, colonialism, imperialism, and early modernity.

The Archaeology Of South Asia

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Author : Robin Coningham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-31

The Archaeology Of South Asia written by Robin Coningham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-31 with History categories.

This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.

Water Resources Of Sri Lanka

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Author : Palitha Manchanayake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Water Resources Of Sri Lanka written by Palitha Manchanayake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Water-supply categories.

Crisis To Collapse

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Author : Collectif
language : en
Publisher: Presses universitaires de Louvain
Release Date : 2021-06-03

Crisis To Collapse written by Collectif and has been published by Presses universitaires de Louvain this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-03 with Social Science categories.

This volume comprises the proceedings of a workshop with the same title which took place in October 2015. It was organised within the frame of the ARC13/18-049 (concerted research action) ‘A World in Crisis?’. It has both a large chronological scope-from the Late Paleolithic to the 12th c. AD - and wide geographical coverage, with case studies from the Maya, Southern US, Aegean, Sri Lanka, Indus, Gaul, Southern Levant, Anatolia, Egypt, North-western Europe, Alaska and Mesopotamia. It discusses and critically analyses the variety of signatures and archaeological correlates of crisis conditions that led to social breakdown. As such it makes massive strides forward to a better theoretical understanding of crisis-induced collapse.

Dutch And British Colonial Intervention In Sri Lanka 1780 1815

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Author : Alicia Schrikker
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007

Dutch And British Colonial Intervention In Sri Lanka 1780 1815 written by Alicia Schrikker and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.

This study of Dutch and British colonial intervention on Sri Lanka in the period 1780 - 1815 provides a new over-all characterisation of the functioning and growth of the colonial state in a period of transition.