Sri Lanka: Connected Art Histories
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9789383243181
Length
148p., 130 Illustrations; 305x241mm.
Subjects
Ceylon, Ilangai, Lanka, Lakdiva, Seilan, Serendib, Simhaladvipa, Tambapanni, Taprobane-the island’s various names suggest that Sri Lanka has clearly meant different things to different people, and external contacts have been central to its history and conceptualization. Expanding and going beyond the standard Sinhala-Buddhist narratives, the essays in this volume look at resident communities and their contesting cultures and claims to the artistic heritages ...