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Author : Paul Edward Pieris
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 written by Paul Edward Pieris and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zoltán Biedermann
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911307827
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)
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.
Author : Luzac &co
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Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bibliotheca Orientalis written by Luzac &co and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John D'Oyly
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Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Letters to Ceylon, 1814-1824 written by John D'Oyly and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Edward Pieris
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Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ceylon written by Paul Edward Pieris and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arnold Wright
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120613355
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon written by Arnold Wright and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly covers the 19th-20th centuries.
Author : Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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Total Pages : 1040 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland written by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander McKinley
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231558503
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Mountain at a Center of the World written by Alexander McKinley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha, Hindus say Lord Siva, and Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan state, for its part, often uses the Peak as a prop to convey a harmonious image of religious pluralism, despite increasing Buddhist hegemony. How should the diversity of this place be understood historically and managed practically? Considering the varied heritage of this sacred site, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain. From its diverse people to rare species to deep geology, the Peak exemplifies a planetary pluralism that recognizes a multiplicity of beings while accepting competition and disorder. Taking a place-based approach, McKinley casts the mountain as an actor, exploring how its rocks, forests, and waters promote pilgrimage, inspire storytelling, and make ethical demands on human communities. Combining history and ethnography while furnishing original translations of sources from Pali, Sinhala, and Tamil, this multidisciplinary and stylistically innovative book shows how religious traditions share literal common ground in their reverence for the mountain.
Author : John S. Strong
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022680187X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Buddha's Tooth written by John S. Strong and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John S. Strong unravels the storm of influences shaping the received narratives of two iconic sacred objects. Bodily relics such as hairs, teeth, fingernails, pieces of bone—supposedly from the Buddha himself—have long served as objects of veneration for many Buddhists. Unsurprisingly, when Western colonial powers subjugated populations in South Asia, they used, manipulated, redefined, and even destroyed these objects to exert control. In The Buddha’s Tooth, John S. Strong examines Western stories, from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, surrounding two significant Sri Lankan sacred objects to illuminate and concretize colonial attitudes toward Asian religions. First, he analyzes a tale about the Portuguese capture and public destruction, in the mid-sixteenth century, of a tooth later identified as a relic of the Buddha. Second, he switches gears to look at the nineteenth-century saga of British dealings with another tooth relic of the Buddha—the famous Daḷadā enshrined in a temple in Kandy—from 1815, when it was taken over by English forces, to 1954, when it was visited by Queen Elizabeth II. As Strong reveals, the stories of both the Portuguese tooth and the Kandyan tooth reflect nascent and developing Western understandings of Buddhism, realizations of the cosmopolitan nature of the tooth, and tensions between secular and religious interests.
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Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has appendices.
Author : Murugar Gunasingam
Publisher : South Asian Studies Centre Sydney
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Primary Sources for History of the Sri Lankan Tamils written by Murugar Gunasingam and published by South Asian Studies Centre Sydney. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Edward Pieris
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Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Ceylon Littoral, 1593 written by Paul Edward Pieris and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J E Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004646477
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Senarat Paranavitana Commemoration Volume written by J E Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a frontispiece, 58 figures and 15 plates
Author : Nico F. Declercq
Publisher : Nico F. Declercq
ISBN 13 : 9083176940
Total Pages : 2090 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (831 download)
Download or read book The Desclergues of la Villa Ducal de Montblanc, Second Edition Omnibus written by Nico F. Declercq and published by Nico F. Declercq. This book was released on 2024-06-23 with total page 2090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Desclergues of la Villa Ducal de Montblanc (2nd edition) is a comprehensive ancestral chronicle, meticulously tracing the Desclergues family lineage from the Greek era through the Villa Ducal de Montblanc in Tarragona to the present in Belgium. This omnibus edition compiles the entire acclaimed series, offering an exhaustive account of the Desclergues of Montblanc alongside the author's other ancestral lines, including de Patin, de Patin de Langemark, Lesage, Benoit, Den Dauw, 't Kint, Surmont, de Croock, Ardan, Lammens, Decaestecker, and de Silva of Uduwara in Sri Lanka. This scholarly work is enriched by a comprehensive DNA analysis, providing genetic depth to the historical narrative. Each family line is intricately contextualized within its historical setting, with facsimile images of archival records offering tangible evidence of the past. This beautifully illustrated book presents a visually engaging experience, enhancing historical insights and making it an invaluable resource for students, historians, and anyone passionate about genealogical studies. Nico Felicien Declercq, a full professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is a distinguished scholar. With a Ph.D. from Ghent University and an MSc from the Catholic University of Leuven, his prolific academic career encompasses numerous published works. His passion for history and genealogy led him to meticulously document his ancestral lineage, culminating in this comprehensive work. Professor Declercq's interdisciplinary approach and dedication to rigorous research have earned him a reputation for excellence in the scientific community and among genealogical enthusiasts. He is also the author of several philosophical novels published under a pseudonym.
Author : Historical Association (Great Britain)
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Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature written by Historical Association (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
