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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Sri Lanka in the Long Early Modern Period: Its Place in a Comparative Theory of Second Millennium Eurasian History
Contributor:
STRATHERN, ALAN
imprint:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2009
Published in:Modern Asian Studies
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s0026749x07003447
ISSN:
0026-749X;
1469-8099
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper explores how Sri Lanka might fit into Victor Lieberman's theory of Eurasian history. Lieberman's work to date has focused on the ‘protected rimlands’ which he sees as sharing the same historical path from a milieu of warring little kingdoms to increasingly large, solid states. But what happens in a land, such as Sri Lanka, which can be considered ‘protected’ before 1500, and ‘unprotected’ thereafter? Political integration and boundaries are first discussed, followed by ethnic and historical awareness before 1500. The third section sketches the chronological development of Buddhism before 1500, while the fourth considers the impact of the European interruption, and the fifth briefly looks at the results for 1600–1800. Along the way, some problems with applying the notion of ‘early modernity’ to Sri Lanka are disclosed.</jats:p>