Sri Lanka

Conflict and Community in Sri Lanka

William Clarance explores the origins and complexities of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Published in : Volume: 52 Issue: 7 2002

Still Waters Run Deep

Annette Bingham reports on an environmental project in Sri Lanka.

Published in : Volume: 37 Issue: 10 1987

The White Elephant

Helen Bruce describes how, in Buddhist countries, for the last six hundred years, the albino elephant has always received special veneration.

Published in : Volume: 21 Issue: 1 1971

Johnston’s March on Kandy

Geoffrey Powell describes how, while Napoleon occupied Holland, the British seized the Dutch bases in Ceylon.

Published in : Volume: 19 Issue: 5 1969

George Woodcock describes how, in opposition to Portuguese, Dutch and British intruders, the highland kingdom of Kandy in Ceylon flourished under a succession of Buddhist rulers almost until the year of Waterloo.

Published in : Volume: 13 Issue: 12 1963

"Christians and Spices": Portuguese Missionaries in Ceylon, 1515-1658

C.R. Boxer finds that the methods used - or alleged to have been used - by Portuguese proselytizers more than three hundred years ago, remain a “living issue in Ceylon politics.”

Published in : Volume: 8 Issue: 5 1958