The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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8. 1971: The Greeks and the Mauriyas, Lake House, pp. 188
including nearly 50 pp. Sanskrit texts, pia tes.
9. 197 2: The Story of Stgiri, Lake House, pp. 152 excluding pp.
127 Sanskrit texts, plates.
The list is not complete. There were some short papers printed in the
Mahabodhi, Calculta, one of which, the Designer of Barabudur, I have
used in Part II of this paper; there were also papers written in the
Sinhalese language which were read at learned institutions; and there
were papers tba t might be called 'preliminary skirmishing' when
Paranavitana introduced his new theories without saying that he had
'new sources' (Ceylon and Malaysia in Medieval Times, in the Journal of
the Ceylon Branch of the Roypl Asiatic Society (JCBRAS), Vol. Vll, pt. 1,
1960, pp. 1-43; and The Arya Kingdom in North Ceylon, JCBRAS, Vol.
VII, pt. 2 1961, pp. 174-224). The first drew a review by Professor
Nilakanta Sastri (Ceylon and Sri Vijaya, JCBRAS, Vol. VIII, Pt. 1, 1962,
pp, 125-140) to which Paranavitana made effective reply (Ceylon and
Malaysia: a Rejoinder to K.A. Nilakhanta Sastri, JC BRAS, Vol. VIII, pt,
2, 1963, pp. 330-337).
At that time, after retiring from the Archaeological Department
in 1956, be was at Peradeniya, University of Sri Lanka, where be was
Research Professor of Archaeology till he retired in 1965. While at
Peradeniya, Paranavitana edited Volume I of the University's History of
Ceylon (from earliest times to the arrival of the Portugese, in two
parts), of which he himself wrote more than half; with its by-product, a
Concise History of Ceylon, which was published in 1961. Also while at
Peradeniya, he deciphered his new sources. or 'documents' as be called
them, and when he returned to Colombo after his retirement, Lake
House became his publisher. They produced his last five books (the fifth
being Art of the Ancient Sinhalese in 1971 ), with the final book, Story of
Sigiri, being distributed posthumously. At the time of his death,
Paranavitana was working on another book for Lake House.
The following information bas been extracted from the books and
papers mentioned above. Apparently there were three major works: the
Suvarnnapurawamsa (the Chronicle of Suvarnnapura or Sri Vijaya), the