The History of Ceylon : From the Earliest Period to the Present Time with an Appendix Containing an Account of Its Present Condition/William Knighton. Reprint. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2004, xii, 399 p., $28. ISBN 81-206-1847-5.
Contents: Introduction. 1. First settlement of Ceylon. 2. Utteya. 3. State of Ceylon before the Christian era. 4. Buddhism, and its influence on the public mind. 5. Koodatisso. 6. State of Ceylon during the first eight centuries after Christ. 7. Invasion of the Malabars. 8. Proceedings of Prackrama. 9. Remarks on the history of Ceylon prior to the arrival of the Portuguese. 10. Jurisprudence of Ceylon. 11. Knowledge possessed of Ceylon in Europe before the arrive of the Portuguese in 1505. 12. Eastern discoveries of the Portuguese. 13. Don John and De Souza. 14. Singha defeats Diego de Mela. 15. Obsequiousness of the Dutch to the Ceylonese. 16. Habits and condition of the Ceylonese in the seventeenth century. 17. Embassies of the English. 18. Formal deposition of Wickrama. Appendices.