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Author : Tilak Hettiarachehy
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ISBN 13 : 9780842607858
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (78 download)
Download or read book History of the Kingship in Ceylon Up to the 4th Century A.D. written by Tilak Hettiarachehy and published by . This book was released on 1975-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tilak Hettiarachchy
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Download or read book History of Kingship in Ceylon Up to the Fourth Century A.D. written by Tilak Hettiarachchy and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study is an examination of the institution of kingship in Ceylon from about the 3rd century B.C. to the 4th century A.D, Chapter I shows that kingship originated out of local leadership in the early north Indian colonies, but that Indian ideas exerted a great deal of influence on its subsequent development. The second chapter discusses the various titles given to the early rulers and points out their significance in the evolution of local leadership into full- fledged kingship. The local nobility and its formation is discussed in relation to the royalty in chapter III. The bureaucracy of officers who served the king is the subject of chapter IV. The relationship between the king and the Sangha is the theme of Chapter V, particular attention being paid in this chapter to the contribution of the Sangha to the development of the monarchy. Chapter VI is an attempt to trace the geographical expansion of royal power and authority over the whole Island. It also includes an examination of the factors which facilitated the growth of royal power. Lastly, chapter VII discusses the powers exercised by the king and the limitations to which he was subject.
Author : Tilak Hettiarachchy
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (844 download)
Download or read book History of kingship in Ceylon up to the 4th century A.D. Colombo, Lake House Investments written by Tilak Hettiarachchy and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tilak Hettiarachchy
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Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of Kingship in Ceylon Up to the Fourth Century A.D. written by Tilak Hettiarachchy and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sujatha Gunasena
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Kingship in Ceylon from the Fourth to the Tenth Century A.D. written by Sujatha Gunasena and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study is an attempt to examine the institution of kingship in Ceylon from the fourth to the tenth century A.D. A brief survey of the political background of the period is included in the first chapter as a prerequisite to the understanding of the various stages of the evolution of the concept of kingship in Ceylon; the rest of this chapter is devoted to a brief discussion of the sources utilized in this study. The second chapter deals with the various titles, throne names and personal names used by the kings of this period, in the discussion of which we have analysed the various factors that led to their selection, particularly the underlying religious and political significance of the titles and their importance with respect to the growth of kingly power. The royal family and the part played by its members in the administration of the country are taken into consideration in chapter III. An attempt has been made in this chapter to analyse the correlation of the three titles, upara.ja. yuvara.ja and mahadipada. Chapter IV is devoted to a discussion of the royal consecration. It discusses the new elements and rites associated with the abhiseka ceremony of the period under review, its political and religious significance and the disparity between the theoretical and the actual ceremony. This also attempts to clarify certain points of special significance, which in some instances have been repeatedly misunderstood, This is followed by a chapter on the nature of kingship. The concepts relating to rulership, their significance and how far these concepts actually affected practice are taken into consideration in this chapter. The next chapter deals with the relationship between the king and the Sangha, particular attention being paid to the causes that led to the development of a close connexion between them and the impact of that connexion on the evolution of kingship in Ceylon. Three appendices are included in this work to elucidate some of the points discussed.
Author : Sujantha Gunasena
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Kingship in Ceylon from the Fourth to the Tenth Century A.D. written by Sujantha Gunasena and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. M. De Silva
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9789558095928
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (959 download)
Download or read book A History of Sri Lanka written by K. M. De Silva and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2005 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History Of Sri Lanka From The Earliest Times To The Present 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.
Author : G. C. Mendis
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120602090
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Early History of Ceylon and Its Relations with India and Other Foreign Countries written by G. C. Mendis and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Strathern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521860091
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Kingship and Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Sri Lanka written by Alan Strathern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the effects of the arrival of the Portuguese in Sri Lanka in 1506.
Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231028138
Total Pages : 1847 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book History of Humanity written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 1847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume IV deals with the 'Middle Ages'. It starts with the expansion of Islam and closes with the discovery of the New World. Various events during this period led to a significant expansion in communications: the rapid spread of Islam and of Gengis Khan's Mongol Empire, as well as the Crusades and the development of trans-Saharan and maritime routes around Africa to the Indian Ocean, leading to multiplied exchanges between the peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia and Europe.
Author : Wilhelm Geiger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781500432720
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)
Download or read book The Mahavamsa written by Wilhelm Geiger and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahavamsa (English translation : "Great Chronicle") is a historical book written in the Pali language about the Kings of Sri Lanka. The first version of it covered the period from the coming of King Vijaya of the Rarh region of ancient Bengal in 543 BCE to the reign of King Mahasena (334–361 AD).It covers the early history of religion in Sri Lanka, beginning with the time of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. It also briefly recounts the history of Buddhism in India, from the date of the Buddha's death to the various Buddhist councils where the Dharma was reviewed. Every chapter of the Mahavamsa ends by stating that it is written for the "serene joy of the pious". From the emphasis of its point-of-view, it can be said to have been compiled to record the good deeds of the kings who were patrons of the Mahavihara temple in Anuradhapura.This edition is the English translation of the Mahavamsa.
Author : Humphrey William Codrington
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
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:
Author : Donald Obeyesekere
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120613638
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (136 download)
Download or read book Outlines of Ceylon History written by Donald Obeyesekere and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Classic Authoritative Work On Sri Lankan History.
Author : L. H. Horace Perera
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ceylon & Indian History from Early Times to 1505 A. D. written by L. H. Horace Perera and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. E. Blaze
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120618411
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)
Download or read book History of Ceylon written by L. E. Blaze and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2004 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic history of Sri Lanka from the ancient times to the modern. For the lay reader and scholar alike.
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 : Bimala Churn Law
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chronicle of the Island of Ceylon written by Bimala Churn Law and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
