Sri Lanka and the Silk Road of the Sea

10th century Abhayagiri Ancient Ceylon Anuradhapura Anuradhapura Citadel Arabic inscriptions Asian bhikkhus Buddha Buddhist Carswell cent centre century A.D. China coast coins Cola Colombo commercial contacts Cosmas craft Culavamsa cultural Deraniyagala Dynasty early East eastern Emperor envoys evidence excavated foreign Galle glazed History Ibid Ibn Batuta important Indian Ocean Iran Islamic island Jaffna Jetavana Journal king kingdom Kufic land Mahatittha Mahavamsa Mannar Mantai maritime mentioned mercantile communities mission monks Museum Muslim Muslim merchants Muslim trade navigation outrigger Pamban Parakramabahu Paranavitana pearls period Persian Gulf pilgrims political Polonnaruva ports Prickett records Red Sea reference region reign relations Roman Royal Asiatic Society rulers sailing Sarandib sea route sent sherds ships Siam silk Sinhala Sinhalese Siraf Sohar sources South India Southeast Asia southern Sri Lanka stone T'ang Tamil Taprobane tenth century tion tradition vessels Vihara voyages ware West western Whitehouse Wijayapala සේද