Paradise lost: The bombing of the Temple of the Tooth - a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sri Lanka

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 282, 1999, Pages 857-866

  Coningham, Robin ^a   Lewer, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddhist temple; Kandy; Sri Lanka; Terrorism; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TERRORISM; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033373459     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065595     Document Type: Article

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