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.
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| Umfang/Format: |
200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
