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Author : Henry Trimen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon: Ranunculaceæ-Anacardiaceæ. With plates I-XXV written by Henry Trimen and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fernão de Queyroz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon written by Fernão de Queyroz and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Charles Sirr
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Ceylon and the Cingalese written by Henry Charles Sirr and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zoltán Biedermann
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911307843
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 : Samuel Hugh Moffett
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331636
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book A History of Christianity in Asia, Vol. II written by Samuel Hugh Moffett and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Christianity in the West has often been told, but the history of Christianity in the East is not as well known. The seed was the same: the good news of Jesus Christ for the whole world, which Christians call "the gospel." But it was sown by different sowers; it was planted in different soil; it grew with a different flavor; and it was gathered by different reapers. It is too often forgotten that the faith moved east across Asia as early as it moved west into Europe. Western church history tends to follow Paul to Philippi and to Rome and on across Europe to the conversion of Constantine and the barbarians. With some outstanding exceptions, only intermittently has the West looked beyond Constantinople as its center. It was a Christianity that has for centuries remained unashamedly Asian. A History of Christianity in Asia makes available immense amounts of research on religious pluralism of Asia and how Christianity spread long before the modern missionary movement went forth in the shelter of Western military might. Invaluable for historians of Asia and scholars of mission, it is stimulating for all readers interested in Christian history. --
Author : M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351469525
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon - Volume 10 written by M. D. Dassanayake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work on the flora of Ceylon describes every plant family, including: araliaceae; caricacae; dilleniaceae; fabaceae; loganiaceae; oleaceae; plataginaceae; portulacaceae; rhamnaceae; theaceae; tiliaceae; and violoaceae.
Author : Chelvadurai Manogaran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000306003
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Sri Lankan Tamils written by Chelvadurai Manogaran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the larger context of bitter ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, this timely volume assembles a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore the central issue of Tamil identity in this South Asian country. Bringing historical, sociological, political, and geographical perspectives to bear on the subject, the contributors analyze various aspects of
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
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Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
Publisher : London : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Politics in Sri Lanka 1947-1973 written by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1974 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of politics in Sri Lanka from 1947 to 1973 - presents demographic aspects and historical background material, considers the political problems associated with interethnic relations between the sinhalese majority and the Indian minority group, and covers economic development and social change, political behaviour and political power, the constitution (comment) and government, foreign policy and defence policy, etc. Annotated bibliography pp. 331 and 332, maps and references.
Author : Richard Gerald Anthonisz
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120618459
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)
Download or read book The Dutch in Ceylon written by Richard Gerald Anthonisz and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, in the words of the author, is his attempt to fulfill a long felt want of a complete, yet concise, account of the Dutch occupation of Ceylon 1640 to 1796. It is essentially a history of the Dutch people who came to the island, among which are included Joris van Spilbergan, Sebald de Weerd, Coster, Boreel, Francois Caron Maatzuyketo, Thysz, Kittensteyn, Van der Meiden, Hulft, etc. Through out the book valuable information is given about the political conditions and about the Dutch interactions with the Singhalese. Details of treaties and skirmishes are provided. The Dutch engagements with the Portuguese are also noticed. The book has a map of Ceylon and 12 other illustrations that portray key fingers and events.The book is a reprint of the 1929 edition.
Author : Hobart Muir Smith
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Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Mexico written by Hobart Muir Smith and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bulletin supplies checklists and keys for identification of Mexican snake species. This work arose partially out of a joint, active interest resulting from a collecting trip to Mexico in 1932. Additionally, in gathering information, the authors studied specimens in the United States National Museum and other collections. The authors acknowledge that this treatise can be revised over the years as new materials are found and described. Where available, the authors have included United States National Museum catalog numbers for type specimens in the species descriptions.
Author : Alastair Gornall
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787355152
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Rewriting Buddhism written by Alastair Gornall and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : M. D. Dassanayake
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789054102700
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)
Download or read book A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon - written by M. D. Dassanayake and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible taxonomic base for acanthaceae; rubiaceae; and sapindaceae of Sri Lankan vegetation. It forms a significant part of the vascular flora of the island.
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:
Author : Lloyd Library (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Bibliographical Contributions from the Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, Ohio written by Lloyd Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sujatha Arundathi Meegama
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824894960
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Temples to the Buddha and the Gods written by Sujatha Arundathi Meegama and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temples to the Buddha and the Gods analyzes the patronage of diverse image houses built in the transnational Drāviḍa tradition of architecture in Sri Lanka—an architectural tradition that has been adopted across the Indian Ocean, from the premodern to the contemporary. Although the Drāviḍa tradition is generally associated with Hindu temple architecture, in Sri Lanka it was deployed to build temples to the Buddha as well as to Hindu and Buddhist deities. Framed along ethno-religious binaries, it is seen as “foreign” or “provincial” in previous studies of Sri Lanka’s art histories. In contrast, this book argues that temples constructed in the Drāviḍa architectural tradition in the medieval and the early modern periods in Sri Lanka should be understood as part of the larger transnational architectural tradition. Sujatha Arundathi Meegama brings together different types of image houses built by various patrons (e.g., monarchs, monks, ministers, and merchants) that were previously considered in isolation and rarely included in the Sri Lankan art historical canon. Examining a range of evidence—architecture, inscriptions, and poetry—and synthesizing disparate scholarship on the religious cultures and the art histories of Sri Lanka, the author illustrates that there was a strong presence of shared architectural traditions, shared patterns of patronage, and shared religious practices among the diverse communities on this island. Generally, scholarship on South Asian architecture focuses on the role of rulers and other secular or religious elites as agents of religious architecture; in addition to these actors, this study highlights the roles of architects who specialized in the Drāviḍa tradition and those who experimented with it in stone, brick, and timber in different time periods. Revealing the centrality of this architectural tradition, Temples to the Buddha and the Gods offers a new perspective that contextualizes the cultural tradition of Sri Lanka and its place in the interconnected world of the Indian Ocean.
