Ancient Jaffna  (Paperback, Rasanayagam, M.C.)

A well researched book on the history of the peninsula of Jaffna, in north Sri Lanka, from the earliest times up to the Portuguese period (1505 AD). There are 8 chapters in the book which notice : the Nagas; the Kalingas; foreign trade and intercourse; ancient civilisations; sources and synchronisms; origin of the kings of Jaffna; and the last chapter concerns the Arya kings of Jaffna. There is a long list of the various published and un-published sources – in Sinhalese, Tamil, and English, that the author referred to while writing this book. 2 maps and 8 illustrations are included in this book, which was first published in 1926.