This is a bibliography of works on Sri Lanka.

Overviews

* * * * * * * * * * * * Silva, K.M. de ''History of Sri Lanka'' (1982
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History

;Primary sources * * * * * *

By era

;Tambapanni & Upatissa Nuwara period * ;Anuradhapura period * * * * * * * * ;Polonnaruwa period ;Jaffna period * * * * * ;Dambadeniya period ;Gampola period ;Kotte period * * * Paul E. Peiris, ''Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658'', Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992. ;Sitawaka period * * Paul E. Peiris, ''Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658'', Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992. ;Kandyan period * * Paul E. Peiris, ''Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658'', Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992. * C. Gaston Perera, ''Kandy Fights the Portuguese – A Military History of Kandyan Resistance''. Vijithayapa Publications: Sri Lanka, June 2007. ;British Ceylon * Brohier, RL, ''The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818''. Colombo: 1933 * * * * * * * *Muthiah, Wesley and Wanasinghe, Sydney, ''Britain, World War 2 and the Sama Samajists'', Young Socialist Publication, Colombo, 1996 * Sivasundaram, Sujit. "Ethnicity, Indigeneity, and Migration in the Advent of British Rule to Sri Lanka," ''American Historical Review'' (2010) 115#2 pp 428–452
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* Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth‐Century Ceylon," ''Modern Asian Studies'' (2007) 41:575–602 ;1948–present * * * Crusz, Noel, ''The Cocos Islands Mutiny'', Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001

By topic

;Monarchs * ;Portuguese Ceylon * * * * Paul E. Peiris, ''Ceylon the Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505–1658'', Volume 2. Tisara Publishers: Sri Lanka, 1992. * S.G. Perera, ''A History of Ceylon For Schools – The Portuguese and Dutch period''. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942. ;Dutch Ceylon * * * S.G. Perera, ''A History of Ceylon For Schools – The Portuguese and Dutch period''. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Sri Lanka, 1942.

Geography

* Sivasundaram, Sujit. "Tales of the Land: British Geography and Kandyan Resistance in Sri Lanka, c. 1803–1850," ''Modern Asian Studies'' (2007) 41#5 pp 925–965
in JSTOR

Government & military

;Government ;Military * Bansal, Alok, Mayilvaganan. M and Podder, Sukanya, ''Sri Lanka: Search for Peace''. Manas Publications, New Delhi, 2007. * Brohier, RL, ''The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818''. Colombo: 1933 * * Crusz, Noel, ''The Cocos Islands Mutiny'', Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001 * Dissanayaka, T.D.S.A.: ''War or Peace in Sri Lanka, Volume II''. Swastika (Pvt.) Ltd., Colombo 1998. * Hoole, R., Somasundaram, D., Sritharan K., and Thiranagama, R. ''The Broken Palmyra – The Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka: An Inside Account''. The Sri Lanka Studies Institute, Claremont 1990. (Also available online

* ''Indian intervention in Sri Lanka: The role of India's intelligence agencies''. / , South Asian Network on Conflict Research (1993), By

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. * Johnson, Robert: ''A Region in Turmoil''. Reaktion, New York and London 2005. (Covers Sri Lanka and its regional context.) *Muthiah, Wesley and Wanasinghe, Sydney, ''Britain, World War 2 and the Sama Samajists'', Young Socialist Publication, Colombo, 1996 * Narayan Swamy, M. R.: ''Tigers of Lanka: from Boys to Guerrillas''. Konark Publishers; 3rd ed. 2002, . * Rajasinghan, K.T.: ''Sri Lanka: The Untold Story''. 2001–2002. (Serialised in ''Asia Times Online''
Sri Lanka: The Untold Story
* ''War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna''. /, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka; 1 edition (1 October 1987), By

Demographics

;Religion * Deegalle, Mahinda (ed.): ''Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka''. Routledge, London, 2006, .

Economy

* * * * * Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth‐Century Ceylon," ''Modern Asian Studies'' (2007) 41:575–602

Culture

Art & architecture

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Science & technology

Society

* Arsecularatne, S. N, ''Sinhalese immigrants in Malaysia & Singapore, 1860–1990: History through recollections'', Colombo, KVG de Silva & Sons, 1991 * Balasingham, Adele: ''The Will to Freedom – An Inside View of Tamil Resistance''. Fairmax Publishing Ltd, 2nd ed. 2003, . * * * * Deegalle, Mahinda (ed.): ''Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka''. Routledge, London, 2006, . * Gamage, S. and Watson, I.B.: ''Conflict and Community in Contemporary Sri Lanka''. Sage, New Delhi 1999. * Gamage, S.: ''Ethnic Conflict, State Reform and Nation Building in Sri Lanka: Analysis of the Context and Suggestions for a Settlement'', in: Neelsen, John P. and Malik, Dipak: "Crises of State and Nation: South Asian States between Nation Building and Fragmentation", Manohar, New Delhi (forthcoming). * Wenzlhuemer, Roland. "Indian Labour Immigration and British Labour Policy in Nineteenth‐Century Ceylon," ''Modern Asian Studies'' (2007) 41:575–602