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Bibliography of Sri Lanka

This is a bibliography of works on Sri Lanka.

Overviews

History

Primary sources

By era

Tambapanni & Upatissa Nuwara period
Anuradhapura period
Polonnaruwa period
Jaffna period
Dambadeniya period
Gampola period
Kotte period
  • Paul E. Peiris, Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658, Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992.
Sitawaka period
  • Paul E. Peiris, Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658, Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992.
Kandyan period
  • Paul E. Peiris, Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658, Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992.
  • C. Gaston Perera, Kandy Fights the Portuguese Ã¢Â€Â“ A Military History of Kandyan Resistance. Vijithayapa Publications: Sri Lanka, June 2007.
British Ceylon
  • Brohier, RL, The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818. Colombo: 1933
  • Muthiah, Wesley and Wanasinghe, Sydney, Britain, World War 2 and the Sama Samajists, Young Socialist Publication, Colombo, 1996
  • Sivasundaram, Sujit. "Ethnicity, Indigeneity, and Migration in the Advent of British Rule to Sri Lanka," American Historical Review (2010) 115#2 pp 428–452. in JSTOR
  • Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41:575–602
1948–present
  • Crusz, Noel, The Cocos Islands Mutiny, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001

By topic

Monarchs
Portuguese Ceylon
  • Paul E. Peiris, Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658, Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992.
  • S.G. Perera, A History of Ceylon For Schools Ã¢Â€Â“ The Portuguese and Dutch period. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942.
Dutch Ceylon
  • S.G. Perera, A History of Ceylon For Schools Ã¢Â€Â“ The Portuguese and Dutch period. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942.

Geography

  • Sivasundaram, Sujit. "Tales of the Land: British Geography and Kandyan Resistance in Sri Lanka, c. 1803–1850," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41#5 pp 925–965. in JSTOR

Government & military

Government
Military
  • Bansal, Alok, Mayilvaganan. M and Podder, Sukanya, Sri Lanka: Search for Peace. Manas Publications, New Delhi, 2007.
  • Brohier, RL, The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818. Colombo: 1933
  • Crusz, Noel, The Cocos Islands Mutiny, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001
  • Dissanayaka, T.D.S.A.: War or Peace in Sri Lanka, Volume II. Swastika (Pvt.) Ltd., Colombo 1998.
  • Hoole, R., Somasundaram, D., Sritharan K., and Thiranagama, R. The Broken Palmyra Ã¢Â€Â“ The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Inside Account. The Sri Lanka Studies Institute, Claremont 1990. (Also available online.)The Broken Palmyra Ã¢Â€Â“ The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Inside Account .
  • Indian intervention in Sri Lanka: The role of India's intelligence agencies. / , South Asian Network on Conflict Research (1993), By Rohan Gunaratna.
  • Johnson, Robert: A Region in Turmoil. Reaktion, New York and London 2005. (Covers Sri Lanka and its regional context.)
  • Muthiah, Wesley and Wanasinghe, Sydney, Britain, World War 2 and the Sama Samajists, Young Socialist Publication, Colombo, 1996
  • Narayan Swamy, M. R.: Tigers of Lanka: from Boys to Guerrillas. Konark Publishers; 3rd ed. 2002, .
  • Rajasinghan, K.T.: Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. 2001–2002. (Serialised in Asia Times Online).Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  • War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna. /, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka; 1 edition (1 October 1987), By Rohan Gunaratna.

Demographics

Religion
  • Deegalle, Mahinda (ed.): Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka. Routledge, London, 2006, .

Economy

  • Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41:575–602

Culture

Art & architecture

Science & technology

Society

  • Arsecularatne, S. N, Sinhalese immigrants in Malaysia & Singapore, 1860–1990: History through recollections, Colombo, KVG de Silva & Sons, 1991
  • Balasingham, Adele: The Will to Freedom Ã¢Â€Â“ An Inside View of Tamil Resistance. Fairmax Publishing Ltd, 2nd ed. 2003, .
  • Deegalle, Mahinda (ed.): Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka. Routledge, London, 2006, .
  • Gamage, S. and Watson, I.B.: Conflict and Community in Contemporary Sri Lanka. Sage, New Delhi 1999.
  • Gamage, S.: Ethnic Conflict, State Reform and Nation Building in Sri Lanka: Analysis of the Context and Suggestions for a Settlement, in: Neelsen, John P. and Malik, Dipak: "Crises of State and Nation: South Asian States between Nation Building and Fragmentation", Manohar, New Delhi (forthcoming).
  • Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41:575–602

See also