| A Description of Castes in the Island of Ceylon, Their Trades, and Their Services to Government (Supplied to Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton on the 24th Janu Contributor(s): Saram, A. De (Author) |
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ISBN: 1241518416 ISBN-13: 9781241518417 Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions OUR PRICE: $14.01 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.13 lbs) 22 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
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| Publisher Description: Title: A Description of Castes in the Island of Ceylon, their trades, and their services to Government (supplied to Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton on the 24th January. 1832) ... To which is appended a description of the dress of native headmen, according to their different castes copied from an old Ceylon almanac dated 1811. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF ASIA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series includes ethnographic and general histories of distinct peripheral coastal regions that comprise South and East Asia. Other works focus on cultural history, archaeology, and linguistics. These books help readers understand the forces that shaped the ancient civilisations and influenced the modern countries of Asia. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Saram, A. de; 1888 8 p.; 4. 10058.df.29. |