Tag: Ceylon

European intolerance and the Muslims’ inability to keep pace with technology caused their downfall

Colonial administrator James Emerson Tennent says “no”

In contrast to South Ceylon, Jaffna did not offer economic opportunities to the Portuguese, but it had great strategic value., says Dr. Tikiri Abeyasinghe

The foundation set by Sri Lanka’s Muslim leader T.B.Jayah, when serving as independent Ceylon’s first envoy to Pakistan, has served the two countries well.

Governor William Gregory's term from 1872 to 1877 was the “golden age” of Ceylon coffee