Bibliography of Sri Lanka

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This is a bibliography of works on Sri Lanka.

Overviews

{{cite book|last=Blaze|first=L. E|title=History of Ceylon|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1995|isbn=978-81-206-1074-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RFxCJ9__KBMC&q=Upatissa+Nuwara&pg=PA11}}
{{cite book|last=Blaze|first=L. E|title=The Story of Lanka|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1995|isbn=978-81-206-1074-3}}
{{cite book|last=de Silva | first = K. M. | title = A History of Sri Lanka | publisher = Vijitha Yapa |year=2005 | location = Colombo | pages = 782 | isbn = 955-8095-92-3}}
{{cite book|last=Ludowyk|first=E. F. C.|author-link=E. F. C. Ludowyk|title=The Story of Ceylon|publisher=Navrang Booksellers & Publishers|year=1985|isbn=978-81-7013-020-8}}
{{cite book|last=Mittal|first=J. P.|title=History of Ancient India: From 4250 BC to 637 AD|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|year=2006|volume=2 of History of Ancient India: A New Version|chapter=Other dynasties|isbn=81-269-0616-2|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrh4tY3v2A4C&q=Kingdom+of+Thambapanni&pg=PA405}}
{{cite book|last=Nicholas|first=C. W.|author2=Paranavitana, S.|title=A Concise History of Ceylon|publisher=Colombo University Press|year=1961}}
{{cite book|last=Peebles, Patrick |title=The History of Sri Lanka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxO0eISluqEC&pg=PA201|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313332050}}
{{cite book|last=Seneviratna|first=Anuradha|title=The Springs of Sinhala Civilization|publisher=Navrang Booksellers & Publishers|year=1989|lccn=89906331|oclc=21524601}}
{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I. |title=History of Sri Lanka|publisher=Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company|year=2004|isbn=978-955-551-257-2}}
{{cite book|last1=Tinker|first1=Hugh|title=South Asia: A Short History|date=1990|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=0824812875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5uU2UteUpEC&q=Sinhalese+Monarchy}}
{{cite book|last=Yogasundaram|first=Nath|title=A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka|publisher=Vijitha Yapa Publishers|year=2008|isbn=978-955-665-002-0}}
Silva, K.M. de History of Sri Lanka (1982) [https://web.archive.org/web/20160129124138/http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520043206 complete text online free]

History

;Primary sources

{{cite book|last1=Dhammakitti|last2=tr. Geiger|first2=Wilhelm|last3=tr. Rickmers|first3=C. Habel|title=Culavamsa: Being the More Recent part of the Mahavamsa|date=1212|publisher=Ceylon Govt. Information Dept.|location=Colombo|edition=1929|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8984544?selectedversion=NBD9900672}}
{{cite book|last1=ed. & tr. Oldenberg|first1=Hermann|title=The Dîpavaṃsa, an Ancient Buddhist Historical Record|date=1879|publisher=Williams and Norgate|url=https://archive.org/stream/dpavasaanancien01oldegoog#page/n5/mode/2up}}
{{cite book|last1=ed. Gunasekara|first1=B.|title=The Rajavaliya : or, A historical narrative of Sinhalese kings from Vijaya to Vimala Dharma Surya II|date=1900|publisher=Government Printer, Ceylon|location=Colombo|isbn=81-206-1029-6|url=http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B3138965X/|access-date=2014-12-14|archive-date=2018-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420070027/http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B3138965X/|url-status=dead}}
{{cite book|last1=Knox|first1=Robert|title=An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon|date=1681|publisher=Richard Chiswell|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFpTAAAAcAAJ&q=robert+knox}}
{{cite book|last1=tr. Geiger|first1=Wilhelm|last2=Bode|first2=Mabel Haynes|title=Mahavamsa : the great chronicle of Ceylon|date=1912|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/mahavamsagreatch00geigrich#page/n5/mode/2up}}
{{cite book|last=Moratuwagama|first=H. M.|title=සිංහල ථුපවංසය—Sinhala Thupavansaya|trans-title=Sinhala Thupavamsa|publisher=Rathna Publishers|year=1996|isbn=978-955-569-068-3|language=si}}

=By era=

;Tambapanni & Upatissa Nuwara period

{{cite book|last=Mittal|first=J. P.|title=History of Ancient India: From 4250 BC to 637 AD|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|year=2006|volume=2 of History of Ancient India: A New Version|chapter=Other dynasties|isbn=81-269-0616-2|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrh4tY3v2A4C&q=Kingdom+of+Thambapanni&pg=PA405}}

;Anuradhapura period

{{cite book|last=Bandaranayake|first=Senake|title=Sigiriya|publisher=Central Cultural Fund|year=2007|isbn=978-955-613-111-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sigiriyacitypala0000band}}
{{cite book|last=Lokubandara|first=W. J. M.|title=The Mistique of Sigiriya — Whispers of the Mirror Wall|publisher=Godage International Publishers|year=2007|isbn=978-955-30-0610-3}}
{{cite book|last=Mendis|first=Ranjan Chinthaka|title=The Story of Anuradhapura|publisher=Lakshmi Mendis|year=1999|isbn=978-955-96704-0-7}}
{{cite book|last=Perera|first=Lakshman S.|title=The Institutions of Ancient Ceylon from Inscriptions|publisher=International Centre for Ethnic Studies|year=2001|volume=1|isbn=978-955-580-055-6}}
{{cite book|last=Rambukwelle|first=P. B.|title=Commentary on Sinhala Kingship — Vijaya to Kalinga Magha|publisher=Sridevi Printers|year=1993|isbn=978-955-95565-0-3}}
{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I. |title=History of Sri Lanka|publisher=Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company|year=2004|isbn=978-955-551-257-2}}
{{cite book|last=Wijesooriya|first=S.|title=A Concise Sinhala Mahavamsa|publisher=Participatory Development Forum|year=2006|isbn=978-955-9140-31-3}}
{{cite journal|last1=Paranavithana|first1=Senarath|title=Two Royal Titles of the Early Sinhalese, and the Origin of Kingship in Ancient Ceylon|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|date=July 1936|volume=68|issue=3|pages=443–462|doi=10.1017/S0035869X0007725X|doi-broken-date=11 January 2025 |s2cid=161585769 }}

;Polonnaruwa period

;Jaffna period

{{cite book | last = Abeysinghe | first = Tikiri | title = Jaffna Under the Portuguese | publisher = Stamford Lake |year=2005 | location = Colombo | pages = 66 | id = {{Listed Invalid ISBN|955-1131-70-1}} }}
{{cite book | last = De Queroz | first = Fernao | title = The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon | publisher = Vedam Books |year=1992 | location = New Delhi | pages = 1274 | isbn = 81-206-0764-3}}
{{cite book | last = Gnanaprakasar | first = Swamy | title = A Critical History of Jaffna | publisher = Asian Educational Services |year=2003 | location = New Delhi | pages = 122 | isbn = 81-206-1686-3}}
{{cite book | last = Kunarasa | first = K | title = The Jaffna Dynasty | publisher = Dynasty of Jaffna King’s Historical Society |year=2003| location = Johor Bahru | pages = 122 | isbn = 955-8455-00-8}}
{{cite book | last = Tambiah | first = H. W | title = Laws and customs of Tamils of Jaffna | publisher = Women’s Education & Research Centre |year=2001 | location = Colombo | pages = 259| isbn = 955-9261-16-9| edition = revised }}

;Dambadeniya period

;Gampola period

;Kotte period

{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I.|title=A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|year=1994|isbn=978-0-7069-7621-2}}
{{Cite book|author=da Silva, O. M.|year=1990|title=Fidalgos in the kingdom of Kotte, Sri Lanka, 1505-1656: the Portuguese in Sri Lanka|location=Colombo, Sri Lanka|publisher=Harwoods Publishers}}
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. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=12552979}}

;Sitawaka period

{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I.|title=A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|year=1994|isbn=978-0-7069-7621-2}}
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. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=12552979}}

;Kandyan period

{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I.|title=A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|year=1994|isbn=978-0-7069-7621-2}}
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. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=12552979}}
C. Gaston Perera, Kandy Fights the Portuguese – A Military History of Kandyan Resistance. Vijithayapa Publications: Sri Lanka, June 2007. {{ISBN|978-955-1266-77-6}}

;British Ceylon

Brohier, RL, The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818. Colombo: 1933
{{cite book|author=Malalgoda, Kitsiri|title=Buddhism in Sinhalese Society, 1750–1900: A Study of Religious Revival and Change|url=http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520028739|year=1976|publisher=U. of California Press|access-date=2014-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055307/http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520028739|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
{{cite book|author=Mills, Lennox A. |title=Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795–1932|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyHG9ZKl3bwC&pg=PA246|year=1933|publisher=Oxford U.P.|isbn=9780714620190}}
{{cite book|author=Peebles, Patrick |title=The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYeoXrsn8lIC&pg=PA208|year=2001|publisher=Continuum International|isbn=9780718501549}}
{{cite book|author=Schrikker. Alicia |title=Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780–1815: Expansion and Reform|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnaC26k9KG8C&pg=PA221|year=2007|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004156029}}
{{cite book|author=Spencer, Jonathan |title=Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4b6xmZI_XoC|year= 1990|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780203407417}}
{{cite book|author=Wenzlhuemer, Roland |title=From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880–1900: An Economic and Social History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QauF4DDEJ20C&pg=PA80|year=2008|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=978-9004163614}}
{{cite book|author=Wickramasinghe, Nira |title=Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Indentities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-xQ8qk9mgYC&pg=PA170|year= 2006|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=9780824830168}}
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. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/ahr.115.2.428 in JSTOR]
Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41:575–602

;1948–present

{{cite book|author=Spencer, Jonathan |title=Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4b6xmZI_XoC|year= 1990|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780203407417}}
{{cite book|author=Wickramasinghe, Nira |title=Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Indentities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-xQ8qk9mgYC&pg=PA170|year= 2006|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=9780824830168}}
Crusz, Noel, The Cocos Islands Mutiny, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001

=By topic=

;Monarchs

{{cite book|last=Mendis|first=Vernon L. B.|title=The Rulers of Sri Lanka|publisher=S. Godage & Brothers|year=2000|isbn=978-955-20-4847-0}}

;Portuguese Ceylon

{{cite book | last = Abeysinghe | first = Tikiri | title = Jaffna Under the Portuguese | publisher = Stamford Lake |year=2005 | location = Colombo | pages = 66 | id = {{Listed Invalid ISBN|955-1131-70-1}} }}
{{cite book | last = De Queroz | first = Fernao | title = The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon | publisher = Vedam Books |year=1992 | location = New Delhi | pages = 1274 | isbn = 81-206-0764-3}}
{{Cite book|author=Winius, George D.|year=1971|title=The fatal history of Portuguese Ceylon; transition to Dutch rule|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-29510-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fatalhistoryofpo0000wini}}
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. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=12552979}}
S.G. Perera, A History of Ceylon For Schools – The Portuguese and Dutch period. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=10531673}}

;Dutch Ceylon

{{cite book|author=Schrikker. Alicia |title=Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780–1815: Expansion and Reform|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnaC26k9KG8C&pg=PA221|year=2007|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004156029}}
{{Cite book|author=Winius, George D.|year=1971|title=The fatal history of Portuguese Ceylon; transition to Dutch rule|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-29510-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fatalhistoryofpo0000wini}}
S.G. Perera, A History of Ceylon For Schools – The Portuguese and Dutch period. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942. {{cite book|title=(Link)|oclc=10531673}}

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. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/ahr.115.2.428 in JSTOR]

Government & military

;Government

;Military

Bansal, Alok, Mayilvaganan. M and Podder, Sukanya, Sri Lanka: Search for Peace. Manas Publications, New Delhi, 2007. {{ISBN|81-7049-340-4}}
Brohier, RL, The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818. Colombo: 1933
{{cite book|author=Spencer, Jonathan |title=Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4b6xmZI_XoC|year= 1990|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780203407417}}
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 – The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Inside Account. The Sri Lanka Studies Institute, Claremont 1990. (Also available online.)[http://www.uthr.org/BP/Content.htm The Broken Palmyra – The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Inside Account].
Indian intervention in Sri Lanka: The role of India's intelligence agencies. {{ISBN|955-95199-0-5}}/ {{ISBN|978-955-95199-0-4}}, 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, {{ISBN|81-220-0631-0}}.
Rajasinghan, K.T.: Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. 2001–2002. (Serialised in Asia Times Online).[https://archive.today/20071011103308/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/others/untold_story.html Sri Lanka: The Untold Story].
War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna. {{ISBN|955-26-0001-4}} /{{ISBN|978-955-26-0001-2}}, 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, {{ISBN|0-415-35920-1}}.

Economy

{{cite book|author=Peebles, Patrick |title=The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYeoXrsn8lIC&pg=PA208|year=2001|publisher=Continuum International|isbn=9780718501549}}
{{cite book|author=Wenzlhuemer, Roland |title=From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880–1900: An Economic and Social History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QauF4DDEJ20C&pg=PA80|year=2008|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=978-9004163614}}
{{cite book|last=Codrington|first=H. W.|title=Ceylon Coins and Currency|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1994|isbn=978-81-206-0913-6}}
{{cite book|last=Siriweera|first=W. I.|title=A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|year=1994|isbn=978-0-7069-7621-2}}
Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth-Century Ceylon," Modern Asian Studies (2007) 41:575–602

Culture

=Art & architecture=

{{cite book|last=Basnayake|first=H. T. |title=Sri Lankan Monastic Architecture|publisher=Sri Satguru Publications|year=1986|isbn=978-81-7030-009-0}}
{{cite book|last=Fernando|first=G. S.|title=සිංහල සැරසිලි—Sinhala Sarasili |trans-title=Sinhala Decorational Art |publisher=M. D. Gunasena and Company|year=2001|isbn=978-955-21-0525-8|language=si}}

=Science & technology=

{{cite book|last=Gooneratne|first=W.|author2=Hirashima, S.|title=Irrigation and Water Management in Asia|publisher=Sterling Publishers|year=1990}}

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 – An Inside View of Tamil Resistance. Fairmax Publishing Ltd, 2nd ed. 2003, {{ISBN|1-903679-03-6}}.
{{cite book|author=Malalgoda, Kitsiri|title=Buddhism in Sinhalese Society, 1750–1900: A Study of Religious Revival and Change|url=http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520028739|year=1976|publisher=U. of California Press|access-date=2014-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055307/http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520028739|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
{{cite book|author=Peebles, Patrick |title=The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYeoXrsn8lIC&pg=PA208|year=2001|publisher=Continuum International|isbn=9780718501549}}
{{cite book|last=Ellawala|first=H.|title=Social History of Early Ceylon|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs|year=1969}}
Deegalle, Mahinda (ed.): Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka. Routledge, London, 2006, {{ISBN|0-415-35920-1}}.
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