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008			140221s2013 ce ab b 000 0 eng d
010			_a 2013413789
020			_a9789550093076
020			_a9550093077
025			_aC-E-2013-413789; 21-92
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn870904960
035			_a(OCoLC)870904960
037			_aLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
040			_aCOD _beng _erda _cBD-DhSUL _dDLC
043			_aa-ce---
050	0	0	_aHF3770.8 _b.M37 2013
082			_223 _a381.095493 _bMAR
245	0	0	_aMaritime heritage of Lanka : _bancient ports and harbours / _cNimal De Silva [and nineteen others] ; principal photographers, Luxshmanan Nadaraja and Devaka Seneviratne ; edited by Sarala Fernando.
246	3		_aMaritime heritage of Sri Lanka
264		1	_a[Sri Lanka] : _bCentral Cultural Fund, The National Trust - Sri Lanka, _c2013.
300			_a200 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction: in search of connectivity / Sarala Fernando -- The geostrategic environment / Roland Silva -- Foreign contacts with Sri Lanka / Roland Silva -- Literary references: ports of historical and spiritual contacts / Nimal De Silva -- Cartography of ancient ports and harbours / Brendon Gooneratne -- Historic Anuradhapura and the ports that served its interests / Ashley de Vos -- Alasanda, Persia and the passage to Anuradhapura / Merlin Peris -- Early historic settlement at Kantarodai / H. Nimal Perera / Arippu and its surroundings / M.U.A. Tennakoon -- The search for pearls / Rohan Pethiyagoda -- Maritime commerce and ports in Ancient Sri Lanka / W.I. Siriweera -- Numismatic evidence of pre-colonial foreign trade in Sri Lanka / Frederick Medis -- Muslim contribution to maritime trade in Sri Lanka / Asiff Hussein -- An ancient connection with China / Rohan Wickramasinghe -- The lost ships of Lanke / Somasiri Devendra -- The ancient port at Kirinda in Ruhuna / Raj Somadeva -- The ancient wreck at Godawaya / Rasika Muthucumarana -- The silver wreck on the Great Basses Reef / Ravan Ratnatunga -- The special Sri Lankan elephant / Ashley de Vos -- Brief history of whales in Sri Lanka / Asha de Vos -- Commentary on the ancient trade in tortoise shell / Anslem de Silva -- Chanks: a dwindling resource / Malik Fernando -- Bibliography -- Biographies.
526			_aArchitecture
650		0	_aHarbors _zSri Lanka _xHistory.
651		0	_aSri Lanka _xCommerce _xHistory.
651		0	_aSri Lanka _vPictorial works.
651		0	_aSri Lanka _xDescription and travel.
700	1		_aDe Silva, Nimal, _eeditor.
700	1		_aNadaraja, Luxshman, _ephotographer.
700	1		_aSeneviratne, Devaka, _ephotographer.
700	1		_aFernando, Sarala, _eeditor of compilation.
906			_a7 _bcbc _ccopycat _d3 _encip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cSID-BK