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Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, <strong>the</strong> chiefta<strong>in</strong>cies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Batticaloa <strong>and</strong> Tr<strong>in</strong>comalee<br />

Please read 306 before 306a.<br />

The archaeology <strong>and</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vanni is still<br />

an unexplored field, although <strong>the</strong> jungles <strong>of</strong> that region are<br />

fast vanish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> face <strong>of</strong> government-sponsored colonisation<br />

schemes. Much <strong>of</strong> our knowledge is conf<strong>in</strong>ed to a few writ<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong><br />

some British civil servants who ev<strong>in</strong>ced a keen <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

archaeology <strong>and</strong> history <strong>of</strong> this region. Among <strong>the</strong>se, <strong>the</strong><br />

1<br />

writ<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> H.Parker <strong>and</strong> J.P.Lewis deserve special mention.<br />

1. Henry Parker, 'Irrigation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Prov<strong>in</strong>ce', Papers Laid<br />

Before <strong>the</strong> Legislative Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ceylon</strong>, NoI, 1886, pp.105-116;<br />

J.P.Lewis, Manual <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vanni Districts; 'The Archaeology <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Vanni', J.R.A.S. (C.B.), No.'45, 1691.<br />

Anonymous, 'Historical Sketch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vanni', The Monthly Literar<br />

egister <strong>and</strong> Notes <strong>and</strong> Queries for <strong>Ceylon</strong>, I, No.1, Jan. 1893,<br />

pp. 1-7; Feb. 1893, pp.25-30

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