Ceylon. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Ceylon. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Ceylon
- Further Information:
- Note: By Lord Holden.
- Authors:
- Baron, Holden, Angus Holden, 1898-
- 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 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 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
- Publisher Details:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Copyright Date:
- 1939
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (315 pages), map
- Subjects:
- 915.493
TRAVEL / Asia / General
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel
Sri Lanka -- Antiquities
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429868948
0429868944 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781138605060
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- Note: Description based on print version record.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.388102
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