Kantarodai civilization of ancient Jaffna 500 BCE - 800 CE
Subtitle: a study in archaeology and other disciplines
By: Siva Thiagarajah
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Kumaran Book House
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Colombo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9789556595260
Subjects: Antiquities; Civilization; Excavations (Archaeology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: Key to diacritical marks used in this book; title: About the author; title: Introduction : rediscovering ancient Jaffna; title: chapter 1. Geography, geology and the early settlements in Nāganādu; title: chapter 2. Nāgas of Naganadu and their capital Kantarōdai; title: chapter 3. Chronology : the dating of archaeological artefacts; title: chapter 4. Archaeology of Kantarōdai and Ānaikōddai; title: chapter 5. Cinkai Nakar by-the-sea : the port city of ancient Jaffna; title: chapter 6. Vallipuram and Nakarkōyil; title: chapter 7. Settlements in the smaller islands; title: chapter 8. Archaeology of Poonakari; title: chapter 9. Mantai; title: the transit port of ancient Nāganādu; title: chapter 10. Early settlements of Northern Sri Lanka : antecedents to the arrival of megalithic BRW culture; title: chapter 11. The coins from Kantarōdai and other northern sites; title: chapter 12. Early religious practices in ancient Jaffna; title: chapter 13. Buddhism in Kantarōdai civilization; title: chapter 14. The origins and evolution of Kantarōdai civilization; title: Appendix I. Buddhism among the Tamils; title: Tamil Nadu; title: Appendix II. Buddhism amon the Tamils; title: Sri Lanka; title: Index.