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Sri Lanka
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| The Jaffna Dynasty
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by Dr Sengaiazhiyan K. KUNARASA
Jaffna |
The Kingdom of Northern Sri Lanka was historically known as the Kingdom of Jaffna (Yaalpanam). It is not clear when this Kingdom was first established. Modem historians, lamenting that our ancestors had written on perishable palmyrah leaves and not on copper plates, claim that literary works cannot be accepted as facts unless they are substantiated by stone inscriptions and other archaeological evidence. Nevertheless, the literary works of Kailayamaalai, Vaiyaapaadal and Yaalpana Vaipavamaalai are considered to be the three principal sources of Jaffna History. Based on these primary books and other related stone inscriptions, copper plates and archaeological evidence, several books and articles have been published from time to time. Such works include Yaalpana Vaipava Kaumuthi (K. Velupillai - 1918), Yaalpana Vaipava Vimarsanam (Rev. Father Gnanapragasar - 1928), Yaalpana Charithiram (Daniel S. John -1930), Yaalpana Charithiram (A. Muthuthamby Pillai - 1933), Yaalpana Charithiram (C. Rasanayagam - 1933), Tamils and Ceylon (C. S. Navaratnam - 1958), The Northern Kingdom (S. Nadesan - 1960), Yaalpana Irachiyathin Thotram (K. Indrapala - 1972), The Kingdom of Jaffna (S. Pathmanathan - 1978), Yaalpana Thamizharasar Varalaarum Kaalamum (P. Jeganathan - 1987), Yaalpana Irachiyam (C. K. Sittampalam - 1994), Poonakari Tholliyalaivukal (P. Pushparatnam), and Tholliyalum Yaalpana Thamizhar Panpaattuthonmayum (S. Krishnarasa - 1998).
The Kingdom in Northern Sri Lanka came to be called the Jaffna Kingdom only in the mid-13th Century. How then was it called earlier ? (?) |
Extracts
 pp. 1-2 : Family Tree
p. 12 : Ancient Ways of Worship
p. 19 : Kings of the Northern Kingdom
p. 60 : Creation of new Capital
p. 82 : Brutal Killings in Mannar
p. 101 : Tobacco Trade
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Specifications
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14.5 x 22 cm |
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122 pages |
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ISBN : 962-8455-00-8 |
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19.80 euros |
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