Open AccessOn the Coinage of Ceylon during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
Author(s) -
W H Scott
Publication year - 1855
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.001.241.247
Subject(s) - ceylon , sri lanka , interpretation (philosophy) , ancient history , history , philosophy , south asia , linguistics
W. H. Scott provides a short history of the rulers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) through the coins in the Society's collections. In doing this he challenges a previous interpretation of the Society's Ceylonese coins put forward by Mr Vaux.