The Sri Lanka Reader

The Sri Lanka Reader
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 791
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ISBN-10 : 9780822349822
ISBN-13 : 0822349825
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Download or read book The Sri Lanka Reader written by John Holt and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-four images and more than ninety classic and contemporary texts introduce Sri Lankas recorded history of more than two and a half millennia.


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