Kantarodai civilization of ancient Jaffna 500 BCE - 800 CE : a study in archaeology and other disciplines /

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Author / Creator:	Thiagarajah, Siva, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Colombo : Kumaran Book House, 2016.
Description:	xviii, 404 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna. Antiquities. Civilization. Excavations (Archaeology) Jaffna District (Sri Lanka) -- Antiquities. Jaffna District (Sri Lanka) -- Civilization. Sri Lanka -- Antiquities. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka -- Jaffna. Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11767019

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ISBN:	9789556595260 9556595260
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-396) and index.

Table of Contents:

Key to diacritical marks used in this book
About the author
Introduction : rediscovering ancient Jaffna
chapter 1. Geography, geology and the early settlements in Nāganādu
chapter 2. Nāgas of Naganadu and their capital Kantarōdai
chapter 3. Chronology : the dating of archaeological artefacts
chapter 4. Archaeology of Kantarōdai and Ānaikōddai
chapter 5. Cinkai Nakar by-the-sea : the port city of ancient Jaffna
chapter 6. Vallipuram and Nakarkōyil
chapter 7. Settlements in the smaller islands
chapter 8. Archaeology of Poonakari
chapter 9. Mantai
the transit port of ancient Nāganādu
chapter 10. Early settlements of Northern Sri Lanka : antecedents to the arrival of megalithic BRW culture
chapter 11. The coins from Kantarōdai and other northern sites
chapter 12. Early religious practices in ancient Jaffna
chapter 13. Buddhism in Kantarōdai civilization
chapter 14. The origins and evolution of Kantarōdai civilization
Appendix I. Buddhism among the Tamils
Tamil Nadu
Appendix II. Buddhism amon the Tamils
Sri Lanka
Index.

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