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| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Index Mundi;
from Wikipedia; from Index Mundi;
from CIA World Factbook, Countries : Sri Lanka Library of Congress Country Studies : Sri Lanka; from World Wide Gazetteer |
| Links, General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World from BUBL, from dmoz from Lanka Library; Category : Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia; Sri Lanka, from Post-Colonial Web; Categorie : Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia Dutch edition |
| Links, on History |
from Lanka Library;
from Lakdiva; from
UC Berkeley Library;
Category : History of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia;
Categorie : Geschiedenis van Sri Lanka, from
Wikipedia Dutch edition; History of Sri Lanka, from
Post-Colonial Web |
| Historical Maps |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas Atlas of Sri Lanka, from Wikimedia Commons Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of South Asia, posted by DSAL Talessman's Atlas, series of maps of the Eastern Hemisphere 1300 BC - 1500 AD Search Atlas of Mutual Heritage for Ceylon, Arippi, Avissawella, Batticaloa, Chilaw, Colombo, Delft Island, Elephant Pass, Fort Frederick, Fort Hammenhiel, Hultsdorf, Kalpitya, Kalutara, Kandy, Manmar, Nielwelle, Panama, Fort Starfort Maldives & Sri Lanka, from Asian Linguistic Maps Maps Bellin Ceylon 1750, Jaffenapatam 1761, Point de Galle 1751, posted by FWP |
| Timelines |
from timelines.ws, a website exploiting
US newspaper articles, very detailed on the 20th century;
from BBC News;
from Tikalanka |
| Accounts of History |
History of Ceylon / Sri Lanka, from
www79.pair.com, 9 chapters; from
Lonely Planet; from Sri Lanka Web Window A Short History of Lanka, by Humphry William Codrington (1926), posted by Rhajiv Ratnatunga (xcovers period until 1833) The True History of Sri Lanka, anonymous, detailed, list of kings History of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia De Fonseka Family Website, on the history of Ceylon / Sri Lanka Dutch Portuguese Colonial History, by Marco Ramerini, scroll down for Ceylon from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow) Sri Lanka, the Untold Story, by K.T. Rajasingham, posted by ATimes, at least 35 chapters |
| Encyclopedia Entries |
Articles Ceylon;
Colombo,
Kandy,
Jaffna,
Kurunegala,
Trincomalee,
Batticaloa,
Galle, from EB 1911;
from Catholic Encyclopedia (1908, Ceylon);
Articles Ceylon,
Dschaffna,
Kandi,
Trinkonomali, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Article Colombo, from Catholic Encyclopedia J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Ceylon oder Ceylan, Colombo, posted by DTBSWS Articles Calpentyn, Adamsbjerget, Ceylon, Arippo, Colombo, Jaffnapatam, Trinkonomale, Galle, Point de, Negombo, from Geografisk-Statistisk Haandbog 1858-1863, in Danish E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Ceylon G.Th. Landmann, A universal gazetteer; or, Geographical dictionary of the world (1835), posted on Internet Archive; search for Ceylon Article : Ceylon, from Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Sri Lanka;
Governments on the WWW : Nepal;
Article Politics of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia G.J. Lerski, Origins of Trotskyism in Ceylon, from marxists.org History of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka A Short History of the LSSP (Lanka Sama Samaja Party), by Leslie Goonewardene History, of Sri Lanka's Parliament Buddhist Monks and Politics in Sri Lanka, by James J. Hughes Article GCSU Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia (trade union) Sri Lanka Profile, from International Crisis Group |
| Military |
Wars of Sri Lanka, from ACED;
History of Sri Lanka Army;
Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sri Lanka, from ODM;
Military of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia Armed Conflicts Report - Sri Lanka, from Ploughshares; Sri Lanka Assessment, from SATP; LTTE, from Global Security; History of the Conflict, from Sinhaya; History of the Sinhalese/Tamil Conflict by Leena Palamkunnel |
| Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies :
Sri Lanka Article Economy of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia The Economy and Economic History of Sri Lanka, by Thayer Watkins The History of Ceylon Tea, from Dilmah; from Wilson Teas, from Explore Sri Lanka, from Mlesna Teas, from Sri Lanka Tea Board; Taylor, Lipton and the Birth of Ceylon Tea, from Tea Muse Cinnamon, from UCLA Biomedical Library The History of Sri Lanka Coffee, from Hansa Coffee History of Employers Federation of Ceylon History of the Auditor General's Department, Sri Lanka What was the Exchange Rate then ?, service provided by Economic History Services Sri Lanka's Internet World Stats Index of Economic Freedom : Sri Lanka 2006, from Heritage Foundation Nicola Palmer, Defining a Different War Economy : The Case of Sri Lanka, from Berghof Handbook The Origin, from Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; History of National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka Colombo Stock Exchange, click : about CSE, Historical Milestones Global Integrity : Sri Lanka 2007 Enterprise Sri Lanka, from Economy Point Economic Impact of Sri Lanka's Civil War, from AEI |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Sri Lanka (8), from Ethnologue Minorities at Risk, Sri Lanka : Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils Country Report : Sri Lanka, from U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Forced Migration Online, Research Guide Sri Lanka, from FMO, 2004/2005 History, from Ceylon Tamils International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka Imtiaz Ahmed, Communal Conflict in Modern Sri Lanka : Search for a Resolution, from IJP Chronological Events in the History of Sri Lankan Malays, by Tony P. Miskin Sri Lanka, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre; Profile of Internal Displacement : Sri Lanka, from UNHCR South Asia, from World Cultures Encyclopedia World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Sri Lanka Eleanor Pavey, Case Studies : The massacres in Sri Lanka during the Black July riots of 1983 , from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence Refugee Studies Centre : Narrating Displacement : Oral Histories of Sri Lankan Women 2003, from Forced Migration Online |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Sri Lanka, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia History of Methodism in Sri Lanka, from GBGM-UMC History of Budhism in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalanet Repression of Buddhism in Sri Lanka by Portuguese, from Christian Aggression Buddhism and Caste in India and Sri Lanka, by Jeffrey Samuels The Church of Ceylon, from Anglican Communion A Brief History of the Muslims of Sri Lanka, from Sri Lanka Genealogy Website Ceylon, from Roman Catholic Hierarchy Patron Saint Index : Ceylon Between Hammer and Anvil : Sri Lanka's Muslims, from CPA Media |
| History of Regions |
Provinces of Sri Lanka,
Divisions of Nepal, from www.statoids.com Article Provinces of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia |
| History of Cities |
History of Colombo, from Wikipedia History of Trincomalee, from Wikipedia History of Batticaloa, from Wikipedia History of Galle, from Wikipedia History of Jaffna, from Wikipedia |
| Institutions |
History, from Sri Lanka's Broadcasting Corporation;
History, of Sri Lanka Telecom;
of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation History, from Sri Lankan Airlines; Ceylon, Sri Lanka, from Airline History Brief History of Sri Lanka Railways; The Railways of S.L., from Info Lanka Article Education in Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia; History of University of Moratuwa, of University of Colombo, of Ceylon Technical College, of Trinity College, Kandy History of Sri Lanka Post History of Colombo Observatory, from Institute of Commonwealth Studies History, of Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka Newspapers in Ceylon, from Sri Lanka Genealogy Website Structurae : Sri Lanka; Search Lighthouse Depot for Sri Lanka |
| Bibliographies |
Sri Lanka, from Terrorism and Political Violence : An International Bibliography Sri Lanka, from The Online Books Page Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Sri Lanka (site in German, most entries in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search RHS Bibliography for Ceylon, Sri Lanka Search UK National Archive Online Library for Ceylon, Sri Lanka Search DBNG for Ceylon etc. Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for Sri Lanka Food and Culture (Bibliography) : South Asia D. Ludden, Bibliography on South Asian Agrarian History (c.1990) Bibliography on Topics Relevant to Indic Civilization, from Indic Studies Labor in South Asia, a Bibliography, from UC Berkeley Library |
| Biographies |
Category : Sri Lankan People, from Wikipedia |
| Others |
Historical Perspective, from Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other chapters linked;
History of PRC-Sri Lankan Relations, from Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the PRC; India-Sri Lanka Relations, from Ministry of External Affairs, India;
EU Relations with Sri Lanka, official;
Russian-Sri Lankan Relations, from Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka;
Japan-Sri Lanka Relations, from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan;
Article Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia Sri Lanka, from UK Food Online, history of Sri Lankan cuisine Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Sri Lanka Landmarks in the history of soil science in Sri Lanka, by R.B. Mapa Disaster History by Country : Sri Lanka, from Relief Web; Category Disasters in Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia Articles History of Cricket in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka at the Olympics, Sport in Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Directory, from Peace Corps Online Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF Sanderson Beck, Tibet, Nepal and Ceylon 1800-1950 |
| WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies;
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka, from Wikipedia |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Chronological List of Ambassadors (from France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives), from Ambafrance;
U.S. Ambassadors to Sri Lanka, from NNDB;
Chinese Ambassadors to Sri Lanka, from PRC MOFA;
Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Colombo (Sri Lanka), from
Wikipedia German edition |
| Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Sri Lanka, from Population Statistics City Population : Sri Lanka, from City Population |
| Document Collections |
Documents for the history of Sri Lanka, from World History Archives;
Colombo Postcards (before 1947),
Sri Lanka Postcards, from Harappa List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Sri Lanka, from ILO, 39 docs. since 1948 P & O Navigation Timetables; lines destined to Bengal and further east stopped at Colombo Internet Law Library : Sri Lanka Constitution, from Official Website of Sri Lanka Documents of Sri Lanka - Acts and Ordinances, Papers, from SATP Peace Agreements Digital Collection : Sri Lanka, from United States Institute of Peace Truth Commissions : Sri Lanka, from United States Institute of Peace Search Hansard for Ceylon |
| Online Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers News from Sri Lanka, from SPUR, a lot political-historical (pro-Sinhalese) |
| Election Results |
from Psephos (since 1999);
from IFES Election Guide (since 1999);
from Elections and Electoral Systems |
| Archives |
National Archives of Sri Lanka, from TANAP Methodist Missionary Society Archives 1791-1948, from IDC Publishers, have files on Ceylon Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Buddhist-related Art, Sri Lanka UNESCO Archives Portal : Government Archives, National Asia Pacific, one entry for Sri Lanka, scroll down Libraries in Sri Lanka, from LibDex Tentative List : Sri Lanka, World Heritage List, scroll down for Sri Lanka, from UNESCO World Heritage Sri Lanka, from Showcaves Search Janus (catalogues of archives and manuscript collections held throughout Cambridge) for Ceylon, Sri Lanka Search ARCHIEVEN.NL for Ceilon, Ceylon, Sri Lanka |
| National Symbols |
Flag, from FOTW;
Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Ceylon /
Sri Lanka, from World Currency Museum;
of Ceylon / Shri Lanka, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money;
from Zeno Coins, from The coins and history of Asia (until 1600); from Lakdiva Coins Collection, from Zeno Search Coin Archives for Ceylon, Sri Lanka |
| Stamps |
Rare Ceylon Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Ceylon 1857-1902,
1902-1920, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
| Others |
License Plates of Sri Lanka, from License Plates of the World,
from Sri Lanka Ceylon : Colombo, from Tram Views of Asia Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Search Delcampe Picture Postcards for Ceylon Images of Ceylon Airline Timetable Images : Sri Lanka Medals of Sri Lanka, from OMSA |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Online Libraries |
Project Gutenberg, Online Catalogue, keywords Ceylon Internet Archive Tamil Electronic Library |
| Online Journals |
South Asia Journals, from ELIN-NIAS;
Sri Lanka Journals, from ELIN-NIAS Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- |
| General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.28, pp.167-180 Article Sri Lanka. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.28 Patrick Peebles, The History of Sri Lanka, Westport CT : Greenwood 2006, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954.93 P373h S.W. Baker, Eight years in Ceylon (1902), posted on Internet Archive J.E. Tennent, Ceylon (1859), posted on Internet Archive A. Clark et al., Ceylon (1910), posted on Internet Archive D. Obeyesekere, Outlines of Ceylon history (1911), posted on Internet Archive J. Cordiner, A Description of Ceylon (1807), posted on Internet Archive J. Capper, Old Ceylon, sketches of Ceylon life in the olden time (1877), posted on Internet Archive H. Cave, The ruined cities of Ceylon (1904), posted on Internet Archive L.F. Liesching, A Brief Account of Ceylon (1861), posted on Internet Archive Th. Skinner, Fifty years in Ceylon. An autobiography (1891), posted on Internet Archive H. Sharp, Notes on vernacular education in Ceylon (1919), posted on Internet Archive S.C. Chitty, The Ceylon gazetteer: containing an account of the districts &c. of Ceylon (1834), posted on Internet Archive H.Ch. Sirr, Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion .. (1850), posted on Internet Archive H.J. Suckling, Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical .. (1876), posted on Internet Archive J.C. Willis, Ceylon, a handbook for the resident and the traveller (1907), posted on Internet Archive |
| Economic History |
IHS : International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, edited by B.R. Mitchell, Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan 4th ed. 2003 |
| Specific Periods |
G.C. Mendis, Ceylon under the British, New Delhi : (1952) Asian Educational Services 2005 [G] S.G. Perera, The Jesuits in Ceylon, New Delhi : (1941) Asian Educational Services 2004 [G] Donald Ferguson, The Earliest Dutch Visits to Ceylon, New Delhi : (1930) Asian Educational Services 1998 [G] P. Ramanathan, Riots and Martial Law in Ceylon, 1915, New Delhi : (1916) Asian Educational Services 2003 [G] P.E. Pieris, Ceylon and the Hollanders 1658-1796, New Delhi : (1918) Asian Educational Services 1999 [G]; online at Internet Archive E.W. Perera, Memorandum upon Recent Disturbances in Ceylon (1915), posted on Internet Archive P.E. Pieris, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658 (1920), posted on Internet Archive W. Geiger, Mahavamsa : the great chronicle of Ceylon (1912), posted on Internet Archive R.G. Anthonisz., Report on the Dutch Records in the Government Archives at Colombo: With Appendices (1907), posted on Internet Archive Memoir of Hendrick Zwaardecroon, Commandeur of Jaffnapatam (afterwards Governor-General of Nederlands India) 1697. For the guidance of the council ot [sic] Jaffnapatam, during his absence at the coast of Malabar (1911), posted on Internet Archive Ph. Baldaeus, Wahrhaftige ausführliche beschreibung der berühmten ostindischen kusten Malabar und Coromandel, als auch der insel Zeylon: samt dero angräntzenden und untergehörigen reichen, fürstentühmen, ländern, städten ... so wol auch der merkwürdigsten kriegshändel, belägerungen, feld- und seeschlachten, sonderlich zwischen den Portugesen und Holländern, handel-und kaufmannschaften: durchgehends verzieret mit neuen landkahrten und abbildungen der vornehmsten städte, festungen, trachten, thiere, früchte, &c. so in India selbst nach dem leben gezeichnet, und folgends mit fleiss zu kupfer gebracht: benebst einer umständlichen und gründlichen entdeckung der abgötterey der ost-indischen heyden, Malabaren, Benjanen, Gentiven, Bramines &c. .. (1672) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Terry M. Mays, Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping, Lanman Md. : Scarecrow 1996 [G] S.W.R. de A. Samarasinghe, Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka, Rowman & Littlefield 1997 |
