Maritime heritage of Lanka : ancient ports and harbours

Parallelsachtitel: Maritime heritage of Sri Lanka
Weitere Verfasser: De Silva, Nimal , [HerausgeberIn]
Nadaraja, Luxshman , [FotografIn]
Seneviratne, Devaka , [FotografIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: [Sri Lanka] : Central Cultural Fund, The National Trust - Sri Lanka, 2013.
Umfang/Format: 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Schlagworte:
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245 0 0 |a Maritime heritage of Lanka :  |b ancient ports and harbours /  |c Nimal De Silva [and nineteen others] ; principal photographers, Luxshmanan Nadaraja and Devaka Seneviratne ; edited by Sarala Fernando. 
246 3 |a Maritime heritage of Sri Lanka 
300 |a 200 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 28 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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700 1 |a Fernando, Sarala  |e editor of compilation.  |9 126011 
264 1 |a [Sri Lanka] :  |b Central Cultural Fund, The National Trust - Sri Lanka,  |c 2013. 
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