The Institutions of Ancient Ceylon from Inscriptions, Vol II, Part II

The final part of the three-volume work of an exhaustive study of the gradual evolution of the island's institutions (political, economic and religious) beginning from the 3rd century BC to 1016 AD, i.e., the Anuradhapura period of Sri Lankan history. This path-breaking dissertation on which it is based was the first to use epigraphical sources in writing the history of ancient Sri Lanka. Equally important, the author's interpretations of the institutional structure in his dissertation on early Sri Lanka continue to be part of the current historical debate in the country and many of his insights have still not been challenged.