| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) : map |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Original Title; Original Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Part One; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO CEYLON AND THE CEYLONESE; CHAPTER 2. THE REST-HOUSE; CHAPTER 3. THE LORD BUDDHA; CHAPTER 4. a. THE MAHAWAMSA, OR THE GREATER DYNASTY; CHAPTER 4. b. THE SULAWAMSA, OR THE LESSER DYNASTY; CHAPTER 5. THE LOST CITIES; a. The Dagoba; b. Tissamaharama; c. Mihintale; d. Anuradhapura; e. Polonnaruwa; f. Yapahuwa; CHAPTER 6. SIGIRIYA, OR THE LION ROCK; CHAPTER 7. SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES |
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A. The DaJada Maligawa, or Temple of the Tooth, and the Nata Dewala, the Maha Dewala, the Malwatta, and the Degaldoruwa temples at Kandyb. Dambulla; c. Isurumuniya; d. Aluvihare; e. Gedi-Gé; f. Aukana Vihara; CHAPTER 8. THE JUNGLE; Part Two PLEASANT JOURNEYS; A-Colombo. Thence to Mount Lavinia, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Tangalla, Hambantota, Wellawaya, Pottuvil, Batticaloa, Kalkuda, and Trincomalee; B-Trincomalee to Horawapotana, Vavuniya, Mankulam, Mullaittivu, and Jaffna : returning via Mankulam, Vavuniya, and Madawachchija to Mannar |
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Madawachchiya to Anuradhapura, Mihintale, and TrincomaleeC-Trincomalee to Kantalai, Kekirawa, Dambulla, Nalanda, Matale, and Kandy. The three routes from Kandy to Colombo: (1) Via Kurunegala and Negombo, one hundred miles. (2) Via Ginigathena Gap and Avisawella, ninety-five miles. (3) Via Kegalla and Veyangoda, seventy-two miles.; D-Colombo to Negombo, Chilaw, Kalpitiya, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, and Kekirawa |
| Summary |
Published in 1939, this book provides a comprehensive observation of Ceylon and the Ceylonese people. Covering topics including the rest-house; the Lord Buddha; the Lost cities; Sigiriya, Buddhist temples and the Jungle, the book considers the human geography of the island calibrating it with the diverse archaeology of the island, religious practice, and the British occupation of Ceylon |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1939 |
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Includes index |
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Lord Holden |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
TRAVEL -- Asia -- General.
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Antiquities
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Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000018
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Sri Lanka -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127130
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| Subject |
Sri Lanka
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429868948 |
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0429868944 |
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9780429462191 |
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0429462190 |
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9780429868931 |
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0429868936 |
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9780429868955 |
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0429868952 |
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