William KnightonThe History of Ceylon From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
With an Appendix, Containing an Account of Its Present Condition
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Introduction
1. First settlement of Ceylon
2. Utteya
3. State of Ceylon before the Christian era
4. Buddhism, and its influence on the public mind
5. Koodatisso
6. State of Ceylon during the first eight centuries after Christ
7. Invasion of the Malabars
8. Proceedings of Prackrama
9. Remarks on the history of Ceylon prior to the arrival of the Portuguese
10. Jurisprudence of Ceylon
11. Knowledge possessed of Ceylon in Europe before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505
12. Eastern discoveries of the Portuguese
13. Don John and De Souza
14. Singha defeats Diego de Mela
15. Obsequiousness of the Dutch to the Ceylonese
16. Habits and condition of the Ceylonese
17. Embassies of the English
18. Formal deposition of Wickrama
Appendices.