Tri Sinhala: The Last Phase, 1796-1815
Author P.E. Pieris
Published by Asian Educational Services,
second edition 2001
ISBN 10: 8120615581
ISBN 13: 9788120615588
The author has portrayed that for three centuries theSinhalese had struggled to maintain their independent existence in the face ofWestern aggression, and the story of their efforts, diminishing pitifully ineffectiveness with the dwindling supplies of men and material, has been set outin previous books. Ceylon, thePortuguese era, and the Ceylon and the Hollanders. When in 1796 the Britishappeared on the stage they had to deal with a Kingdom crippled in size,negligible as a military power, and cut off from all access to the sea.Nineteen brief years had yet to elapse before the Kingship which had lasted fortwenty-four hundred years came to an end with the capture of Sri Vikrama RajaSinha, and this book sets out the true history of that period, stripped of thevarious cloaks which an active political propaganda, an apathy towardselucidation of fact, and an all too human weakness to accept without reserveanything that savours of sensationalism, have cast over it. The book is theproduct of extensive study of the capitulation of Sinhala rulers. The subjectis delicate and interesting for general readers.
About the Author:-Sir Paul Edward Pieris was a Ceylonesecivil servant and historian. He served as Ceylon's Trade Commissioner and aDistrict Judge and held multiple appointments as President of the Royal AsiaticSociety of Sri Lanka. Although his academic and early career was in the legalfield, he is best known for being one of the country's foremost experts on thehistory of European occupation of Sri Lanka. He carried out extensivehistorical research in Ceylon and he was several times elected the President ofthe Royal Asiatic Society of Ceylon having last held the role from 1932 to1934. Leaving Alexa turn on the office light
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