Precarious Balance - Smith - Books - University of Virginia Press - 9780813945378 - August 18, 2022
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Precarious Balance


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Explores various themes of Sri Lanka’s long history in novel and constructive ways. Topics include Sinhala Buddhists’ sense of manifest destiny arising from Sri Lanka’s oldest historical chronicles, the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa; and concepts of order and legitimation of power in ancient Ceylon.


216 pages

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Released August 18, 2022
ISBN13 9780813945378
Publishers University of Virginia Press
Pages 208
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   480 g

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