TY  - GEN
AU  - Fernando, Sarala 
AU  - Nadaraja, Luxshmanan
AU  - Seneviratne, Deveka
TI  - Maritime heritage of Lanka : : ancient ports and harbours
SN  - 9789550093076
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Colombo 07
PB  - National Trust Sri Lanka
KW  - MARITIME HERITAGE-Sri Lanka
KW  - HARBOURS-Sri Lanka-History
KW  - PORTS-Sri Lanka-History
KW  - Sri Lanka-Pictorial works
KW  - Sri Lanka-Description and travel
N1  - In search of connectivity; Brief history of whales in Sri Lanka; Commentary on the ancient trade in tortoise shell; A Dwindlinlg resosurce?; The Geostrategic environment; Foreign contacts with Sri Lanka; Ports of historical and spiritual contacts; Cartography of ancient ports ad harbours; Historic Anuradhapura and the ports that served its interests; Alasanda, Persia and the passage to Anuradhapura; Early historic settlement at Kantarodai; Arippu and its surroundings; The search for pearls; Maritime commerce and ports in ancient Sri Lanka; Numismatic evidence of pre-colonial foreign trade in Sri Lanka; Muslim contribution to maritime trade in Sri Lanka; The ancient port at Kirinda in Ruhuna; The special Sri Lankan elephant
ER  -