Research Catalog
Maritime heritage of Lanka : ancient ports and harbours
- Title
- Maritime heritage of Lanka : ancient ports and harbours / Nimal De Silva, Anslem de Silva, Somasiri Devendra, Asha de Vos, Ashley de Vos, Malik Fernando, Sarala Fernando, Brendon Gooneratne, Asiff Hussein, Frederick Medis, Rasika Muthucumarana, H. Nimal Perera, Merlin Peris, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Kavan Ratnatunga, Roland Silva, W.I. Siriweera, Raj Somadeva, M.U.A. Tennakoon, Rohan Wickramasinghe ; principal photographers, Luxshmanan Nadaraja, and Devaka Seneviratne ; edited by Sarala Fernando.
- Publication
- [Sri Lanka] : Central Cultural Fund, The National Trust - Sri Lanka, 2013.
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- Description
- 200 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm
- Alternative Title
- Maritime heritage of Sri Lanka
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction: in search of connectivity / Sarala Fernando -- The geostrategic environment / Roland Silva -- Foreign contacts with Sri Lanka / Roland Silva -- Literary references: ports of historical and spiritual contacts / Nimal De Silva -- Cartography of ancient ports and harbours / Brendon Gooneratne -- Historic Anuradhapura and the ports that served its interests / Ashley de Vos -- Alasanda, Persia and the passage to Anuradhapura / Merlin Peris -- Early historic settlement at Kantarodai / H. Nimal Perera / Arippu and its surroundings / M.U.A. Tennakoon -- The search for pearls / Rohan Pethiyagoda -- Maritime commerce and ports in Ancient Sri Lanka / W.I. Siriweera -- Numismatic evidence of pre-colonial foreign trade in Sri Lanka / Frederick Medis -- Muslim contribution to maritime trade in Sri Lanka / Asiff Hussein -- An ancient connection with China / Rohan Wickramasinghe -- The lost ships of Lanke / Somasiri Devendra -- The ancient port at Kirinda in Ruhuna / Raj Somadeva -- The ancient wreck at Godawaya / Rasika Muthucumarana -- The silver wreck on the Great Basses Reef / Ravan Ratnatunga -- The special Sri Lankan elephant / Ashley de Vos -- Brief history of whales in Sri Lanka / Asha de Vos -- Commentary on the ancient trade in tortoise shell / Anslem de Silva -- Chanks: a dwindling resource / Malik Fernando -- Bibliography -- Biographies.
- ISBN
- 9789550093076
- 9550093077
- LCCN
- 2013413789
- OCLC
- ocn870904960
- SCSB-5772222
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries