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Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1681 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Knox was travelling with his father in 1659 on the latter's journey homeward from his post with the British East India Company at Fort St. George when a storm obliged their ship to put into Cottier Bay, Ceylon. The two were detained as prisoners along with 14 others, and carried into the interior of the island. Knox's father died in 1661, but Knox himself remained a prisoner at large for over 19 years, supporting himself by knitting caps, lending out corn and rice, and hawking goods about the country. Though the rajah pressed him to enter his service, Knox resisted, and finally escaped to the Dutch settlement at Arippu on the north-west of the island. Reaching England in 1680, he entrusted the manuscript of this account to Robert Hooke, and enlisted in the East India Company, for further adventures in an already adventuresome life. These engravings include depictions of agricultural techniques, two native primates, customs and costumes and an execution being carried out by an elephant.
Book Synopsis Nineteen Years' Captivity in the Highlands of Ceylon, March 1660-October 1679 by : Robert Knox
Download or read book Nineteen Years' Captivity in the Highlands of Ceylon, March 1660-October 1679 written by Robert Knox and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Ceylon written by Henry Parker and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1981 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka.
Book Synopsis The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV by : A. M. Philalethes
Download or read book The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV written by A. M. Philalethes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of Ceylon by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Sri Lanka by : K M de Silva
Download or read book A History of Sri Lanka written by K M de Silva and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History by : Zoltán Biedermann
Download or read book Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History written by Zoltán Biedermann and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of Ceylon by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies by : Robert Knox
Download or read book Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies written by Robert Knox and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2004 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies written by Robert Knox and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Year 1815 by : Philalethes
Download or read book History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Year 1815 written by Philalethes and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Principal Object Of The Book Was To Acquant The Reader With The Civil And Military Transaction, The Religion And Manners Of The People. Also Gives A Brief Sketch Of The Natural History Of The Country.
Book Synopsis A Short History of Ceylon by : Humphrey William Codrington
Download or read book A Short History of Ceylon written by Humphrey William Codrington and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in The East Indies by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in The East Indies written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account by John Knox, the English sea captain in the service of the British East India Company. Knox and his father were driven ashore on Ceylon, now Sri Lanka in a storm in 1659 while on their way home from Fort St. George (now Madras). They were captured in the name of the King of Kandy near Mooduthora (Mutur), Trincomalee. Knox eventually escaped with one companion after nineteen years of captivity. This book is one of the earliest and most detailed European accounts of life on Ceylon.
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Sri Lanka by : Patrick Peebles
Download or read book The History of Sri Lanka written by Patrick Peebles and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and up-to-date history of Sri Lanka, including significant attention to current conflicts.
Book Synopsis An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies by : Robert Knox
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1681 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
