The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka
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The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka
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Author : S. U. Deraniyagala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka written by S. U. Deraniyagala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Excavations (Archaeology) categories.
A History Of Sri Lanka
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Author : K M de Silva
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2005-08-25
A History Of Sri Lanka written by K M de Silva and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-25 with Political Science categories.
Sri Lanka is an ancient civilization, shaped and thrust into the modern globalizing world by its colonial experience. With its own unique problems, many of them historical legacies, it is a nation trying to maintain a democratic, pluralistic state structure while struggling to come to terms with separatist aspirations. This is a complex story, and there is perhaps no better person to present it in reasoned, scholarly terms than K.M. de Silva, Sri Lanka’s most distinguished and prolific historian. A History of Sri Lanka, first published in 1981, has established itself as the standard work on the subject. This fully revised edition, in light of the most recent research, brings the story right up to the early years of the twenty-first century. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Sri Lanka’s development—from a classical Buddhist society and irrigation economy, to its emergence as a tropical colony producing some of the world’s most important cash crops, such as cinnamon, tea, rubber and coconut, and finally as an Asian democracy. It is a study of the political vicissitudes of Sri Lanka’s ancient civilization and the successive phases of Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial rule. The unfortunate consequences of becoming a centre of ethnic tension and Sri Lanka’s long-standing relationship with India are also discussed. Exhaustively researched and analytical, this book is an invaluable reference source for students of ancient, colonial and post-colonial societies, ethnic conflict and democratic transitions, as well as for all those who simply want to get a feel of the rich and varied texture of Sri Lanka’s long history.
A Review Of The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka
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Author : Halawathage Nimal Perera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
A Review Of The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka written by Halawathage Nimal Perera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka
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Author : Siran Upendra Deraniyagala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka written by Siran Upendra Deraniyagala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
A Comprehensive History Of Sri Lanka From Prehistory To Tsunami
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Author : Nath Yogasundram
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Comprehensive History Of Sri Lanka From Prehistory To Tsunami written by Nath Yogasundram and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Sri Lanka categories.
The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka
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Author : S. U. Deraniyagala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Prehistory Of Sri Lanka written by S. U. Deraniyagala and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Prehistoric peoples categories.
Sri Lanka In The Modern Age
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Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2006-03-31
Sri Lanka In The Modern Age written by Nira Wickramasinghe and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-31 with History categories.
Since the late 1970s civil war has left Sri Lanka in an almost permanent state of crisis; conventional histories of the country by liberal and Marxist scholars in the last two decades have thus tended to focus on the state’s failure to accommodate the needs and demands of the minorities. The entire history of the twentieth century has been tied to this one key issue. Sri Lanka in the Modern Age offers a fresh perspective based on new research. Above all, the author has written a history of the peoples of Sri Lanka rather than a history of the nation-state.
Prehistoric Sri Lanka
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Author : Halawathage Nimal Perera
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Limited
Release Date : 2010
Prehistoric Sri Lanka written by Halawathage Nimal Perera and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island that lies approximately halfway between Africa and Australia along the northern rim of the Indian Ocean, and has one of the best recorded prehistoric sequences in South Asia. A review of its prehistory is a vast subject. The present study investigates the island's hunter-gatherer archaeology between the Late Pleistocene and the middle Holocene, with lowland Wet Zone rockshelters as the principle topic of study. This work synthesises past and current archaeological research in the island as well as presenting new findings from excavations in the Batadomba-lena rockshelter and the open-air site of Bellan-bandi Palassa. The excavation of Batadomba-lena has provided fresh data for understanding human adaptations to the changing environment between approximately 36,000 and 12,000 years ago. A rainforest environment evidently persisted throughout this period in the environs of the site, but the climate was cooler at around the Last Glacial Maximum. Intensive occupation, succeeded by increased attention to the management of plant resources, followed the Last Glacial Maximum. Microliths, small tools defined by the presence of blunting retouch, as well as the bifacially trimmed Balangoda Point and polished bone points, were evident from the earliest occupation. The symbolic capacities of the inhabitants were also revealed through the recovery of ornaments and ochre fragments throughout the sequence. The Batadomba-lena sequence has important implications for the Out-of-Africa theory on modern human origins, as well as Sri Lanka's recognition of its cultural heritage.
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 Arts 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.
History Of Sri Lanka
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Author : W. I. Siriweera
language : en
Publisher: Dayavamsa Jayakodi Saha Samagama
Release Date : 2002
History Of Sri Lanka written by W. I. Siriweera and has been published by Dayavamsa Jayakodi Saha Samagama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Sri Lanka categories.