The History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Present Time : With an Appendix, Containing an Account of its Present Condition (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. First settlement of Ceylon; 2. Utteya; 3. State of Ceylon before the Christian era; 4. Buddhism, and its influence on the public mind; 5. Koodatisso; 6. State of Ceylon during the first eight centuries after Christ; 7. Invasion of the Malabars; 8. Proceedings of Prackrama; 9. Remarks on the history of Ceylon prior to the arrival of the Portuguese; 10. Jurisprudence of Ceylon; 11. Knowledge possessed of Ceylon in Europe before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505; 12. Eastern discoveries of the Portuguese; 13. Don John and De Souza; 14. Singha defeats Diego de Mela; 15. Obsequiousness of the Dutch to the Ceylonese; 16. Habits and condition of the Ceylonese; 17. Embassies of the English; 18. Formal deposition of Wickrama; Appendices.