Chandra Richard De Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 226038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chandra Richard De Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chandra Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | De Silva |
| SIGNATURE | DE SILVA C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2906-4601 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Forgotten Piece of History
The website of the Municipal Council of Colombo asserts that it was founded in 1865 (Colombo Municipal Council, 2015). This is also the story that is recounted in scholarly histories of Colombo, in modern websites and in popular accounts of the history of the city. The objective of this article is to demonstrate that Colombo had a municipal council as early as the sixteenth century and to illuminate the story of its existence for over 70 years - …
Beyond the Cape
The Saint Do mingue slave insurrection of August 1791 was by no means a spontaneous or unmediated event, and in the context of the anti-colonial and anti-slavery struggles of the late eighteenth and nineteenth-century Atlantic world in which it occurred, its importance is paramount. The slave insurrection of August 1791 broke out in the midst of a colonial revolt against the metropolis, whose political foundations themselves were being challenged…
Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives. These documents contribute to the growing understanding that different groups of European colonizers - missionaries, …
Nobodies to Somebodies
Indian Ocean but not African Sea
The first of the three connected propositions presented in this article is that the East African achievement in seaborne trade and commerce during the 15th and 16th centuries was originally devalued because of lack of knowledge by European commentators. The second is that the basis of the continuing devaluation of East African trade derives from European notions about the Muslim and African other developed in medieval times and during the Portugu…
The monks and the pontiff
(1996). The monks and the pontiff: Reflections on religious tensions in contemporary Sri Lanka. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 19, Asia and Europe: Commerce, Colonialism and Cultures, pp. 233-244
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
The monks and the pontiff
(1996). The monks and the pontiff: Reflections on religious tensions in contemporary Sri Lanka. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 19, Asia and Europe: Commerce, Colonialism and Cultures, pp. 233-244
Indian Ocean but not African Sea
The first of the three connected propositions presented in this article is that the East African achievement in seaborne trade and commerce during the 15th and 16th centuries was originally devalued because of lack of knowledge by European commentators. The second is that the basis of the continuing devaluation of East African trade derives from European notions about the Muslim and African other developed in medieval times and during the Portugu…
Nobodies to Somebodies
Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives. These documents contribute to the growing understanding that different groups of European colonizers - missionaries, …
Beyond the Cape
The Saint Do mingue slave insurrection of August 1791 was by no means a spontaneous or unmediated event, and in the context of the anti-colonial and anti-slavery struggles of the late eighteenth and nineteenth-century Atlantic world in which it occurred, its importance is paramount. The slave insurrection of August 1791 broke out in the midst of a colonial revolt against the metropolis, whose political foundations themselves were being challenged…
A Forgotten Piece of History
The website of the Municipal Council of Colombo asserts that it was founded in 1865 (Colombo Municipal Council, 2015). This is also the story that is recounted in scholarly histories of Colombo, in modern websites and in popular accounts of the history of the city. The objective of this article is to demonstrate that Colombo had a municipal council as early as the sixteenth century and to illuminate the story of its existence for over 70 years - …
History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sri lanka (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Portuguese (4 works) · South asia (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)