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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies

An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies
Author: Robert Knox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1681
Genre: British
ISBN:

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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.


An Historical Relation of Ceylon

An Historical Relation of Ceylon
Author: Robert Knox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1911
Genre: Kandy (Sri Lanka)
ISBN:

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Ancient Ceylon

Ancient Ceylon
Author: Henry Parker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 790
Release: 1909
Genre: Ethnology
ISBN:

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The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV

The History of Ceylon, from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV
Author: A. M. Philalethes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 799
Release: 2012-05-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 110804655X

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This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.


A History of Sri Lanka

A History of Sri Lanka
Author: K M de Silva
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2005-08-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9351182398

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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.


An Historical Relation of Ceylon

An Historical Relation of Ceylon
Author: Robert Knox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 522
Release: 1966
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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A Short History of Ceylon

A Short History of Ceylon
Author: Humphrey William Codrington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1926
Genre: Sri Lanka
ISBN:

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