Cheng Ho's Visits to Sri Lanka and the discovery of Oldest Arwi Script Found in Galle Trilingual Inscription
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7819088 |
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| Authors | Faiz Marikar, Faiz Mmt Marikar (0000-0003-4579-7263, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University), Manjula Karunathilaka (0009-0008-6762-0569, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Modern Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1737-7374 • E-ISSN: 1737-8176 |
| Publisher | African Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4314/ijma.v3i21.3 |
| OpenAlex | W4400325398 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The study of history has traditionally been centered on Europe, and it is widely acknowledged that modern civilization represents the pinnacle of Western scientific and cultural traditions. Most people thought that Asia was a colossus that had been sleeping and had only recently woken up by contact with the West. There has been a significant shift in historical perspectives regarding the genesis of modernity. Recent studies have shown that non-European nations have had high levels of intellectual and cultural success as well as rapid economic expansion. With a magnificent trilingual inscription, Cheng Ho traveled to Sri Lanka in the fifteenth century. This amazing work provides the earliest record for Arwi, which was mistakenly thought to be Persian. Together with Chinese, it further emphasizes the significance of Tamil and Arwi. It will be seen that, a few centuries later, the extent of invention in medieval China amounted to an economic and social upheaval similar to that in Western Europe
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Civilization · Fifteenth · Literature · Modernity · Modernization theory · Political science · Sinology · South asia · Sri lanka · Tamil · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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