A History of Sri Lanka

activity administration agitation agriculture Anuradhapura kingdom areas Asia became bhikkhus Board of Ministers Buddhist caste Ceylon National Congress Christian cinnamon CJHSS coast coconut coffee Cōla Colombo Colonial Office constitutional reform constitutionalists cultivation D. S. Senanayake decade Dharmapāla district Donoughmore dry zone Dutch early economic effect especially established export Governor goyigama grain taxes headmen Hindu important increase indigenous influence interests irrigation island Jaffna Jaffna kingdom Kandy Kandyan kingdom Kandyan provinces Kandyan ruler karāva king Kōṭṭe labour land latter leadership Legislative Council littoral low-country ment missionaries monopoly movement Muslims nineteenth century officials organisation paddy Pāli Parakramabahu peasant period plantation planters political Polonnaruva population Portuguese position rājakāriya Rājasimha rebellion regard religion religious revenue rice S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike salāgamas schools Sinhala Maha Sabha Sinhalese Sītāvaka social South India Śrī Sri Lanka status Tamil territories tion trade Trincomalee twentieth century Udarata village