What Ceylon looked like through the eyes of KPS Menon

In his memoir, the civil servant wrote about labour struggles, public speeches and the emotional pull of an island that felt ...
Island

Rolls – Royce in Ceylon

The tropical island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, has been romantically known as the Pearl in the Indian Ocean and the Emerald Isle, due to its location and the island’s lush, green landscapes ...
insider.si.edu

Ceylon; a general description of the island, historical, physical, statistical. Containing the most recent information. By an officer, late of the Ceylon rifles

Running title: Ceylon, ancient and modern. siris_sil_107860 ...
Nature

A Hand-Book to the Flora of Ceylon: containing Descriptions of all the Species of Flowering Plants indigenous to the Island, and Notes on their History, Distribution, and Uses

PENDING a complete revision of the flora of Ceylon, Mr. Alston, lately systematic botanist in the Agricultural Department in that island, has done valuable service in publishing the volume under ...
Time

CEYLON: Lion for Lion

For 2,000 years the Lion flag of Kandy waved defiantly over the Indian Ocean island of Ceylon. Under it the Sinhalese Buddhist kings struggled and connived with invading princes and rival island ...