The Vijayan colonization and the archaeology of identity in Sri Lanka

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 285, 2000, Pages 707-712

  Coningham, Robin ^a   Lewer, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aryans; Colonial ideology; Identity; Mahavamsa; Sinhalese; Sri Lanka; Tamils; Vijaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040431300     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00060105     Document Type: Article

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