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Vol. 1, parts 1 & 2: "Pre-Colonial Period" ? University of Ceylon, 1959/60,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Vol. 2: "History of Sri Lanka vol II (1500-1800)" 614 pp. Ed. by K.M. de
Silva, University of Peradenya, Ceylon, 1995, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka in the early 16th Century: political conditions-by C.R. de Silva; Sri Lanka in
the early 16th Century: economic & social conditions-by C.R. de Silva; The rise and
fall of the Kingdom of Sitavaka 1521-1593-by C.R. de Silva; The Kingdom of Jaffna-by C.R.
de Silva & S. Pathmanathan; Portuguese rule in Kotte 1594-1638-by T.B.H. Abeyasinghe;
The Kingdom of Kandy: foundations and foreign relations to 1638- by T.B.H. Abeyasinghe;
Expulsion of the Portuguese from Sri Lanka-by C.R. de Silva; The Kandyan Kingdom
1638-1739: a survey of its political history-by L.S. Dewaraja; The consolidation of Dutch
power in the Maritime regions 1658-1687-by S. Arasaratnam; The VOC in Sri Lanka 1688-1766:
problems and policies-by D.A. Kotelawele; The Kandyan Kingdom and the Nayakkars
1739-1796-by L.S. Dewaraja; Administrative sistems: Kandyan and Dutch-by L.S. Dewaraja, S.
Arasaratnam & D.A. Kotelawele; The social and economic conditions in the Kandyan
Kingdom in the 17th and 18th centuries-by L.S. Dewaraja; Sri Lanka's trade, internal and
external in the 17th and 18th centuries-by S. Arasaratnam; The Voc in Sri Lanka 1658-1796:
social and economic change in the maritime regions-by D.A. Kotelawele; Religion and the
state in the Kandyan Kingdom: the 17th and 18th centuries-by L.S. Dewaraja; Literature in
Sri Lanka: the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries-by K.N.O. Dharmadasa; Sri Lankan art and
architecture during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries-by Sirima Kiribamune; The English
East India Company and Sri Lanka 1760-1796-by Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda.
Vol. 3: "The British Rule 1796-1948" ? University of Ceylon, 1973, Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
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volume" ?
Ministry of Education and Cultural
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Don Peter "Portuguese Missionary activity in the sphere of education" pp.
283-292; Don Peter "The Portuguese and the study of the National Languages" pp.
293-302; Mottau S. "Education under the Dutch" pp. 304-318; Sannasgala, P. B.
"The influence of the Portuguese and the Dutch on the life and thought of the
people" pp. 337-347.
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educator and historian on his sixty-fifth birthday"
xxxi+245 pp. Candappa, E. C. T. & Fernadopulle, M. S.
S. (eds.) D.P.F. Committee, 1983, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Don Peter: a Biographical sketch; Bibliography of Revd. Dr Don Peter; Boudens, R.
"The establishment of the Papal Seminary in Kandy, Ceylon in 1893" pp. 1-9;
Camps, A. "Father Felice Zoppi da Cannobio, OFM, in Sri Lanka, 1853-1857. Pioneer of
the Catholic Education in Kandy" pp. 11-17; Ross Carter, J. "From controversy to
understanding: a century of progress" pp. 19-34; Silva, Chandra Richard de "The
Kigdom of Kotte and its relations with the Portuguese in the early Sixteenth Century"
pp. 35-50; Disney, A "The Portuguese overland courier service between Europe and
India in the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries" pp. 51-63; Fernando, P. E. E.
"Rajputs in Sri Lanka" pp. 65-80; Goonetilleka, M. H. "The Christian
contribution to early Sinhala theatre" pp. 81-104; Van Goor, J. "Protestantism
and other religions under the Dutch in Sri Lanka" pp. 105-118; Hulugalle, H. A. J.
"Musings of a journalist" pp. 119-127; Jansz, E. R. "Education in Chemistry
in Sri Lanka vis-a-vis the demands of Applied Research" pp. 129-141; Kurunatillake,
W.S. "Nominal inflection in Sri Lanka Gypsy Telugu: an outline" pp. 143-149;
Khanna, K.C. "The origin and growth of the Bhakti Movement" pp. 151-161;
Kurukulasuriya, G.I.O.M. "The dual economy and the Global Community in
formation" pp. 163-180; Meersman, A. "Non-Portuguese Franciscans in the Padroado
Mission of Sri Lanka" pp. 181-188; Reynolds, C.H.B. "A petition from Bhikkhu
Pattapola Gotama in the India Office Library" pp. 189-193; Saltman, A.
"Political theory and politics in the writings of John Salisbury" pp. 195-209;
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Portuguese Asian decadencia, revisited: an interpretation" pp. 223-236; Monteiro
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xi, 247 pp. ills, 3 maps, 2 plates
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66 pp. ill. Lake House, 1966, 1986, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Delhi-Madras, India.
The Ceylon related chapters extracted from Baldaeus's "A Description of East India
Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and also of the Isle of Ceylon" Volume n° 3.
Beautifully illustrated with Maps and Line drawings.
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1 vol. s.n., 1936, Lisboa, Portugal.
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xv+68 pp. 11 maps and ills. 22 plates Lake House
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In the Portuguese Era; The Dutch take over; The Hollander's Colombo; New light on an old
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222 pp. plates, illus, maps, folding plan. Lake House, 1982, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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MacMillan and Co. Limited, 1929, London, UK.
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101 pp. illustrations, separata de STUDIA N° 34-35, 1972, Lisbon, Portugal.
Numismatica Portuguesa de Ceilao como demostreçao da suzerania Portuguesa, a embaixada de
Ceilao em Lisboa no tempo de el Rei D. Joao III (1542-1543), Portugal na arte de Ceilao:
dois cofres de marfim no tesouro de Munique, os problemas da sucessao dinastica em Ceilao
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In: "Sunday Observer" 7th Janaury 1996, Colombo,
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In: "Monthly Literary Register and notes and queries for Ceylon" pp.
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Azevedo" ???
In: Monthly Register and Notes and Queries for Ceylon IV, 1896, pp. 209-214
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In: Journal of the CeylonBranch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XIX, 1907, pp. 321-385
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???
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tomorrow"
In: "Daily News" 5 August, 2000 Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Português em Ceilao" ???
xxv + 236 pp. Memórias do Instituto de Coimbra N° 1, Impr. da Universidade, 1928,
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xxv, 236 pp. Imprensa de Universidade, 1928, Coimbra, Portugal.
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1928
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368 pp. 2 maps Ediçoes Cosmos 1998 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Courtenay's Work" ?
682 pp. Reprint, 1999, India.
Contents: Introduction. I. First Period: The Portuguese Alliance 1505-1554: 1. Lawrence
d'Almeida. 2. Lopo Soarez d'Albergaria. 3. Vijaya Bahu. 4. Mayadunne. 5. The embassy to
Lisbon. 6. The Martyrs of Manaar. 7. The King of Kandy. 8. St. Francis Xavier. 9. Fr. John
de Villa-Conde. 10. Bhuwaneka Bahu. 11. Alphonsus de Noronha. II. Second Period: The
Portuguese Protectorate 1554-1597: 1. Weedeya Raja. 2. Don Juan Dharmapala. 3. The siege
of Jaffna. 4. Buddha's tooth. 5. The siege of Kotta. 6. The reappearance of the tooth. 7.
Raja Singha. 8. Xavier Banda. 9. Sagara Raja II. 10. Philip II, King of Kandy. 11. Donna
Catharina. 12. The end of Raja Singha. 13. Don Juan Wimala Dharma. 14. Death of Don Juan
Dharmapala. Third Period: The Portuguese Rule 1597-1658: 1. The Portuguese rule. 2. The
dutch. 3. Senevirat, King of Kandy. 4. The death of Donna Catharina. 5. The pretender
Nicapeti. 6. The Kingdom of Jaffna. 7. Changali. 8. Fr. Elenterins of St. James. 9. Philip
d'Oliveira. 10. The battle of Badulla. 11. The battle of Gatembe. 12. The return of the
Dutch. 13. The sons of Donna Catharina. 14. The armistice. 15. The siege of Colombo.
Fourth Period : The Dutch Rule 1658-1796: 1. The protestant rule. 2. Kandy. 3. The
low-countries. 4. The French in Ceylon. 5. The apostle of Ceylon. 6. Apostolate in Kandy.
7. The death of Fr. Joseph Vaz. 8. The Christians. 9. The awakening of the Christians. 10.
The English. Fifth Period: The British Rule 1796-1848: 1. Pilame-Talawe. 2. Mac Dowall's
embassy. 3. The war. 4. Sir Thomas Maitland. 5. The conquest of Kandy. 6. The rebellion of
the Kandyans. 7. 1819-1848. Appendix. References. The sources of the history of
Ceylon."
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history" ???
83 pp. 1920, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
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1505-1602" ???
xiv+283 pp. 1924, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Gnanaprakasar, S. A. "Catholicism in Jaffna: a brief sketch of its history from the
earliest times to the present day" ???
28 pp. 1926, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Goonatilleka, M. H. "Ceilao e Portugal. Relaçoes culturais"
In STUDIA N° 30-31, pp. 113 - 161, 1970, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Goonewardena, K.W. "The foundation of Dutch power in Ceylon 1638 – 1658"
xx, 196 pp. ills, maps
1958, Amsterdam & Djambatan, NL
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Internet article.
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e no Sri Lanka" "A hidden presence: 500 years of Portuguese culture in India and
Sri Lanka"
Bilingual text: Portuguese and English.
145 pp. CTMCDP, 1995, Macau
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the fathers of the Society of Jesus, Province of Champagne, Assistance of France" ?
56 pp. ills. St. Joseph's Industrial School Press, 1924, Trichinopoly, India.
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dress, weapons, and flags"
10 pp.
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April 1655"
10 pp.
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: a thousand years of architecture illustrated by outstanding examples of religious,
public, and domestic buildings" ?
290 pages + 480 ill. (with drawings by Barbara Sansoni and Laki Senanayake) Barefoot
(Pvt) Ltd, 1998,Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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by Constantine de Sa de Noronha, Captain-General of Ceylon / as narrated by a soldier who
took part in the expedition. Together with : An account of the siege laid to Colombo by
the King of Kandy" ?
xvi, 101 pp. Government printer, 1930, Colombo
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In STUDIA N° 20-22, pp. 7 - 73, 1967, Lisbon, Portugal.
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in Ceylão (Sri Lanka) 1622-1658" ???
399 pp. Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, 1996, Roma, Italy.
Published only Chapter 6 of this thesis: "Analysis of the Apostolate as an ongoing
process in the Jaffna Kingdom" 144 pp.
Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Facultate Historie Ecclesiasticae Pontificie
Universitatis Gregorianae, 1996, Roma
- Obeyesekere, Donald "Outlines of Ceylon History" ?
322 pp., map, Reprint. 1999,
1. Pre Wijeyan period. 2. Mahawansa period. 3. Suluwansa period. 4. Portuguese period. 5.
Dutch period. 6. Commencement of British period.
- Patrick, David "Portuguese Burghers in Batticaloa stick to traditions"
Article on "Sri Lanka Weekend Express" 30-10-1999, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Pearson, J. "Notes on the forts of the Jaffna islands"
In: JRASC Vol. XXIX n° 76, 1923 pp. 186-193
- Perera, S. G. "Historical sketches: Ceylon church history" ???
v+225 pp. 1938, Jaffna, Ceylon.
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In: "Echos de Ceylan" V (1938), 1/2.
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In: "The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register" Vol. VIII (July 1922),
part. 1 pp. 1-5
- Perera, S.G. "The Jesuits in Ceylon in the 16th and 17th Centuries" ???
170 pp. 1941, Madura, India.
- Perera, S.G. (ed.) "The Oratorian Mission in Ceylon: historical documents relating
to the life and labours of the venerable Father Joseph Vaz, his companions and
successors" ?
270 pp. Caxton Printing Works, 1936-1938, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Perera, S. G. "Historical records of the society of Jesus. The ribellion of
Nikapetty"
In:"Ceylon Literary Register" Vol. II Part II Oct. 1916 pp.
130-136
- Perera, S. G. "Historical records of the society of Jesus. The Portuguese and the
Dutch in Galle"
In:"Ceylon Antiquary Register" Vol. III Part III Jan. 1918 pp.
216-218
- Perera, S. G. "Historical records of the society of Jesus. Narrative of the events
of the East Indies of the monsoon of 1655"
In:"Ceylon Antiquary Register" Vol. VI Part II Oct. 1920 pp.
69-73
- Perera, S.G. "Life of the Blessed Joseph Vaz: apostle of Ceylon"
Article on internet.
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vol I 1505-1565 xxx+474 pp. Tisakara Prakasakayo, 1989, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka.
vol II 1566-1619 xxv+487 pp. Tisakara Prakasakayo, 1991, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka.
vol III 1620-1658 xxx+410 pp. Tisakara Prakasakayo, 1991, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka.
Great work, the documents for the history of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka during the
Portuguese period.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka: a history in outline"
Catholic Communication, 1996, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Web version here
The Portuguese period (1505-1658): Ancient Taprobane, Lanka Prior to the Colonial Period,
Advent of the Portuguese, Arrival of the Missionaries, Xavier and the Martyrs of Mannar,
Church Makes Slow Progress, A Catholic King on the Sinhalese Throne, A King Without a
Kingdom, Kotte Under Portuguese Rule, Attempts to Reduce Jaffna, Jaffna Under Portuguese
Rule, Portuguese Relations with Kandy, Kandy Regains Independance, Kandy Prince Priest,
Missionary Activity under Portuguese Rule.
The Dutch Period (1658-1796):A Flock Without a Shepherd, God Sends a Shepherd, Provision
for Others to Follow, Lanka's Sole Pastor, A Providential Imprisonment Catholic Literature
in the National Languages, Asian Missionary Par Excellence, Indigenous Ministers of
Salvation, Indigenous Administrators of Local Churches, A Political Missionary Action,
Respect for Other Faiths, Continuity of Service of the Indian Missionaries, Catholic
Priests Banished from Kandy, The Dutch Relent
The British and indipendence periods (1796-1948): Lanka Becomes a Vicariate Apostolic,
European Missionaries Come Again, Two Vicariates for Lanka, Bonjean Champions
Denominational Education, Bonjean as Bishop in Jaffna and in Colombo, Further Church
Expansion, Padroado-Propaganda Conflict, Training of Native Clergy, Church Progress in
Education, Church and Charities, Revival of Buddhism and its Aftermath, State Takeover of
Schools, Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "Education in Sri Lanka under the Portuguese" ???
342 pp. The Colombo Catholic Press, 1978, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The history of the Portuguese activities in Ceylon in the educational field.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "Portuguese missionary activity in the sphere of
education" ???
In: Education in Ceylon, a centenary volume, 1969, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "Franciscans and Sri Lanka" ?
Evangel Press, 1983, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "Lusitanian links with Lanka"
90 pp. Arnold's International
Printing House, 1997 , Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Military training for Lankans; Western medicine comes to Lanka; Portuguese Misericordia
for organized charity; Portuguese influences on the Sinhale language; Portuguese names and
surnames in Sri Lanka; Portuguese influence on a Sinhalese poet; Lanka and the Luisiads.
- Peter, W. L. A. Don "Studies in Ceylon Church History" ?
1963 , Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Pieris, P. E. "Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505 – 1658"
290 pp. 3 maps, American Ceylon Press, 1920 Colombo, Sri Lanka. New edition:Sri Satguru
Publ. 1986, Delhi, India.
- Pieris, P. E. "Ceylon: the Portuguese era"
Vol. I (1505-1616) 590 pp. Maps & ills. Ceylon Aphotecaries Co., 1913, Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
Vol. II (1616-1658) 461 pp Tisara Prakasakayo, 1983, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Pieris, P. E. "The Kingdom of Jaffnapatam, 1645"
67 pp. 1920
An account of its Administration Organisation as derived from the Portuguese Archives.
- Pieris, P. E. "Portugal and ceylon 1505-1658" ?
34 pp. lecture delivered at King's College London, 1937, Cambridge, UK.
- Pieris, P. E. "An interesting ethnic group from Mannar" ???
Ceylon Historical Journal, 1953, 3(1) pp. 13-17
- Pieris, P. E. "Ribeiro's History of Ceilão. With a Summary of De Barros, De Couto,
Antonio Bocarro and the Documenttos Remettidos, with the Parangi Hatane and Kostantinu
Hatane" ?
xvii, (iii), 416 pp., The Colombo Apothecaries Co. N.p. 1909, Colombo, Ceylon.
- Pieris, Paulus Edward "The Ceylon littoral 1593" ?
88 pp.
Times of Ceylon, 1949, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Pieris, P. E. "The Prince Vijayapala of Ceylon 1634-1654" ?
78 pp. Asian Educational Services, 1995 (Reprint 1927 edn.Colombo ), New Delhi
- Pieris, P. E. "Portuguese maps and plans of Ceylon, 1650"
iv + 36 pp. Apothecaries, 1926,
Colombo.
- Pieris, P. E. "Sir Paul E. Pieris' selected writings" ?
656 pp. 7 pl. ills. maps
Navrang, (reprint Colombo edition), New Delhi, India.
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1924, Colombo, Ceylon.
- Quéré, Martin, "Christianity in Sri Lanka under the Portuguese padroado,
1597-1658"
xii, 298 pp. maps Colombo Catholic Press, 1995, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Very useful work for the history of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka during the Portuguese
period.
- Queyroz, Fernao de "The temporal and spiritual conquest of Ceylon"
Translator: Perera, S. G.
1274 pp. 3 Volumes 1930 (Reprint 1992, Asian Educational
Services, New Delhi & Madras)
The most detailed and comprehensive account of colonizers and missionaries in 16th and
17th Century Ceylon. "The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon" it is not a
book for the general reader, but a source book for students of history.
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Ceylon. Colombo: mirror of colonial mind"
In: Mare Liberum, Revista de História dos Mares Nº 13 , pp. 95-117, 1997, Lisbon,
Portugal.
- Ribeiro "The historic tragedy of the island of Ceylon"
266 pp. Asian Educational Services, 1999, New Delhi-Madras, India.
The description of Portuguese Ceylon by a Portuguese soldier that fought in Ceylon for 28
years.
- Sa, Costantine "Constantine de Sa's maps and plans of Ceylon 1624-1628"
vi+66 pp. maps Translated by Reimers, E.
1929, Colombo.
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Article on the Kaffirs of Puttalam.
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267 pp H. W. Cave & Company 1972 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A detailed study on the Portuguese power in Ceylon in 1620s. - 1630s.
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Sinhalese village"
In: Modern Ceylon Studies Vol. II, 1970, pp. 24-38 map.
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Bhuvanekabahu, King of Kotte and Antonio Pereira, Portuguese factor in Sri Lanka" ???
In: University of Colombo Review, Vol. N° 10, 1991, pp. 27-34
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Kings of Kotte during the first half of the sixteenth century" ???
In: Revista da Cultura, Ano V, 1991, Vol. I, pp. 13-14 and 220-232
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Lanka" ???
In: South Asia, Vol. I, 1978, pp. 14-28
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In: "An Expanding World" Vol. n° 11; Pearson, M. N. "Spice in the Indian
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In: Indica, Vol. 26, N° 1, March 1989, pp. 25-38
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In: Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, Vol. IX, 1966, pp. 113-119
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In: "Oceanos n° 34 Abril - Junho 1998, pp. 104-116
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In: "An Expanding World" Vol. n° 27; Forster, R. "European and non
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In: "Lusotopie 2000" pp. 253-259
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Lanka"
Article on "Sunday Island" 1998, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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- Silva Jayasuriya, Shinhan de "Echoes of the Tagus: music of Sri Lanka"
In: "The Indian Ocean Review" vol. 12 n° 1 June 1999 p. 18
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1542-1551"
xv, 110 pp. illus., map, M. D. Gunasena & Co. Ltd, 1967, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
This book deals with an early phase of the Kandyan Kingdom, relates the attempts of its
king, Vikrama Bahu to get Portuguese protection in the mid 16th century against Bhuvaneka
Bahu of Kotte and Mayadunne of Sitawaka and the consequent efforts of the Franciscan
missionaries to get a foot-hold in its capital Senkadagala (Kandy of today).
- Silva , O. M. Cosme da "Fidalgos in the kingdom of Kotte, Sri Lanka, 1505-1656: the
Portuguese in Sri Lanka" ???
xvi, 621 pp. ill, map, Harwoods Publishers, 1990, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Contains the history, and social and cultural background of the Kingdom of Kotte which was
controlled by the Portuguese.
- Silva, O. M. Cosme da "Antonio Bocarro's 17th century Sri Lanka:
1614-1617" ?
xxii + 94 pp. Harwoods
Publishers, 1998, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Silva, O. M. Cosme da "Fidalgos in the kingdom of Jaffnapatam 1543-1658: the
Portuguese in Jaffna"
136 pp. Harwoods Publishers, 1994, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The Portuguese and the Kingdom of Jaffnapatam; Administration-Revenue-Land tenure; The
introduction of Christianity; The influence of the Portuguese: Christianity and culture,
architecture, social culinary, household architecture, administration, law, military,
flora, fauna.
- Tennent J. Emerson "Christianity in Ceylon: its introduction and progress under the
Portuguese, the Dutch. the British and American missions; with an historical sketch of the
Brahmanical and Buddhist superstitions" ?
xviii, 348p with lllus (Reprint London 1850 edn.) 1998
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algumas cousas mais notaveis que fizeram os frades menores da santa provincia de S. Tomé
da India Oriental"
Chapters 1 to 56 of vol. III are about Ceylon history.
The chapters on Ceylon were translated by E. Peiris and A. Meersman "Early
Christianity in Ceylon: Chapters on Introduction of Christianity to Ceylon" 1972,
Chilaw, Ceylon.
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215 pp. 2 maps Harvard University Press 1971 Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
From: "The Fall of Portuguese Ceylon 1638-1656: military, diplomatic and political
aspects in the decline of an empire"
242 pp. Ph. D. Thesis Columbia University, 1964
The last 30 years of Portuguese rule in Ceylon. The war with the Dutch. The Dutch
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