Jonathan Forbes

Eleven Years in Ceylon

Comprising Sketches of the Field Sports and Natural History of that Colony and an Account of its History and Antiquities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ancient city of Magam, its ruins, temples, and botanical gardens, the arrival of the Portuguese in Ceylon, and also the history of the Island prior to the Sinhalese conquest in 543 bc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 148mm x 229mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9789391928278
• ISBN-10: 9391928277
• Artikelnr.: 69520784

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Forbes was a Major in the 78th Highlanders of the British Army.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I – Ancient Fortress of Sigiri
Chapter II – To Trinkomalee
Chapter III – Elephant-Catching
Chapter IV – The Veddahs, Aboriginal Inhabitants of Ceylon
Chapter V – To the Mountain of Lakagalla
Chapter VI – Cold Plains – Nuwara Ellia
Chapter VII – Horton Plains
Chapter VIII – To the Ancient City of Magam
Chapter IX – Religion of Ceylon
Chapter X – Buddha's Tooth in the Palace of Kandy
Chapter XI – History of the Portuguese in Ceylon
Chapter XII – History of the Dutch in Ceylon
Chapter XIII – The Cingalese Language and Literature
Chapter XIV – History of the Island Prior to the Cingalese Conquest B.C. 543
Appendix
Translations of Inscriptions