Ceylon Volume I

Ceylon Volume I

James Emerson Tennent, irish politician and traveller (1804-1869)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- NOTICE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

-03- NOTICE TO THE THIRD EDITION

-04- NOTICE TO THE SECOND EDITION

-05- INTRODUCTION

-06- PART I.PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

-07- CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

-08- CHAPTER II. CLIMATE,HEALTH AND DISEASE

-09- CHAPTER III. VEGETATION

-10- PART II. ZOOLOGY

-11- CHAPTER I. MAMMALIA

-12- CHAPTER II. BIRDS

-13- CHAPTER III. REPTILES

-14- CHAPTER IV. FISHES

-15- CHAPTER V. CONCHOLOGY, ETC

-16- CHAPTER VI. INSECTS

-17- CHAPTER VII. ARACHNIDA,MYRIOPODA,CRUSTACEA, ETC

-18- PART III. THE SINGHALESE CHRONICLES

-19- CHAPTER I. SOURCES OF SINGHALESE HISTORY

-20- CHAPTER II. THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF CEYLON

-21- NOTE

-22- DESCRIPTION IN THE MAHAWANSO OF THE LANDING OF WIJAYO

-23- CHAPTER III. THE CONQUEST OF CEYLON BY WIJAYO

-24- CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY BUDDHIST MONUMENTS

-25- CHAPTER V. SINGHALESE CHIVALRY

-26- CHAPTER VI. THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM ON CIVILISATION

-27- CHAPTER VII. FATE OF THE ABORIGINES

-28- CHAPTER VIII. EXTINCTION OF THE GREAT DYNASTY

-29- CHAPTER IX. KINGS OF THE LOWER DYNASTY

-30- CHAPTER X. THE DOMINATION OF THE MALABARS

-31- CHAPTER XII. FATE OF THE SINGHALESE MONARCHY

-32- PART IV. SCIENCES AND SOCIAL ARTS

-33- CHAPTER I. POPULATION,CASTE,SLAVERY AND RAJA KARIYA

-34- CHAPTER II. AGRICULTURE,IRRIGATION,CATTLE AND CROPS

-35- CHAPTER III. EARLY COMMERCE, SHIPPING, AND PRODUCTIONS

-36- CHAPTER IV. MANUFACTURES

-37- CHAPTER V. WORKING IN METALS

-38- CHAPTER VI. ENGINEERING

-39- CHAPTER VII. THE FINE ARTS

-40- CHAPTER VIII. DOMESTIC LIFE

-41- CHAPTER IX. ASTRONOMY, ETC

-42- CHAPTER X. SINGHALESE LITERATURE

-43- CHAPTER XI. BUDDHISM AND DEMON WORSHIP

-44- PART V. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY

-45- CHAPTER I. CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE GREEKS AND ROMANS

-46- CHAPTER II. INDIAN, ARABIAN, AND PERSIAN AUTHORITIES

-47- CHAPTER III. CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE CHINESE

-48- CHAPTER IV. CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE MOORS