The many faces of the Kandyan kingdom 1591-1765 : lessons for our time /

The many faces of the Kandyan kingdom 1591-1765 : lessons for our time /

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Author / Creator:Obeyesekere, Gananath, author.
Edition:First editon.
Imprint:Colombo : Sail Fish, 2020.
Description:195 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Politics and government.
Kings and rulers.
Civilization.
Kandy (Sri Lanka) -- Politics and government.
Kandy (Sri Lanka) -- Kings and rulers.
Kandy (Sri Lanka) -- History.
Sri Lanka -- Kandy.
Sri Lanka.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13450916
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ISBN:9789557743066
9557743069
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
Summary:Surrounded by magnificent mountains, the city of Kandy, home of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth and the Royal Palace, was the capital of Lanka for about three hundred years. Gananath Obeysekere paints a vivid portrait of the kings of these great green highlands of Kandy, revealing a complex and advanced society every bit as violent as any other civilization. Focusing on kings Vimaladharmasuriya 1, Rajasinha II, Sri Vijaya Rajasinha and Kirti Sri Rajasinha, he brings the Kandyan monarchy to life, depicting them not as mythic figures but as real flesh and blood, larger than life characters who ruled over the last citadel of Lankan aristocracy

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