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Author: A. M. Philalethes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110804655X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 799
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This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.
Author: A. M. Philalethes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110804655X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 799
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This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.
Author: Robert Fellowes
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Author: Robert Fellowes
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Languages : en
Pages : 383
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Author: A. M. Philalethes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108046558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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This 1817 book by 'A. M. Philalethes' traces the history of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815, providing details of the religion, laws and manners of the people. An appendix contains an account, originally published in 1681, by Robert Knox (1641-1720) of his nearly twenty-year captivity on the island. The identity of the pseudonymous 'Philalethes' is not certain: he may have been Robert Fellowes (1770-1847), who, however, never visited Ceylon, or the Revd G. Bissett, who did. The book, which includes topographical notes and a collection of moral maxims and ancient proverbs, begins with classical accounts of the Island of Ceylon by Ptolemy, among others, and moves from this 'imperfect acquaintance with this remote region' to Knox's 'lively picture of the state of the country and manners of the people' which, according to 'Philalethes', was among the most important possessions of Great Britain.
Author: Stephen Weston
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Languages : en
Pages : 724
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ISBN: 9788121235105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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Author: Robert Fellowes (L.L.D.)
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: William Knighton
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ISBN: 9781330503041
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Excerpt from The History of Ceylon: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time "Every year," said Southey, "adds to our ample stock of books relating to the manners of other nations, and the condition of men in states and stages of society different from our own; and of such books we cannot have too many." If this be granted, no apology will be needed for the publication of the present volume. The labours of Mr Turnour and Mr Upham in the field of Ceylonese antiquities opened up materials for a continued history of a peculiar Asiatic people for upwards of 2000 years. The progress of that people to refinement, the causes of their decline, and the effects of European interference, cannot, I flatter myself, be without interest to a cultivated mind. The student of human nature will find that the History of Ceylon adds another to the arguments commonly adduced to prove that the character of a people is the natural result of its government, its laws and its religion. I cannot close these remarks without mentioning, that the present volume owes its origin to the advice of the gentleman to whom it is inscribed, and that without his assistance it could not have been completed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Robert Fellowes
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Languages : en
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Author: WILLIAM. KNIGHTON
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ISBN: 9781033111840
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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