A time of change : questioning the "collapse" of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka / Keir Magalie Strickland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strickland, Keir Magalie, author.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)--Antiquities.

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Sri Lanka--Anuradhapura.

Buddhist antiquities--Sri Lanka--Anuradhapura.

Sri Lanka--Anuradhapura.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This work reassesses the apparent collapse of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, through explicit reference to the archaeological record. The study of Anuradhapura's terminal period has long been dominated by an over-reliance upon textual sources, resulting in the establishment of a monocausal and politically charged narrative that depicts a violent eleventh century invasion by the South Indian Chola Empire as the primary cause of Anuradhapura's collapse, bringing to an end over a millennium of rule from Sri Lanka's first capital. Such is the dominance of this narrative that few alternative explanations for the abandonment of Anuradhapura have ever been posited, with just two alternative models ever described; epidemic malaria, and an imperial economic model.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 27 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781784916336

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.