The Lion and the Sword

Descriptions

The Lion and the Sword

By Asiff Hussein

Print Length - 189 Pages

Dimension    - 14.7x21.3 cm

Language     - English

Publisher      - Printel (Pvt) Ltd.

Publication year - 2001

ISBN            - 955972620x

Condition     - Used (Good)

Asiff Hussein, the Author of this work, is a prominent Journalist at the Sunday Observer and had contributed a number of articles on Sri Lankan history, society and culture. He has also contributed to the Sunday Times, Explore Sri Lanka, Business Today and the Souvenir of the Moors Islamic Cultural Home. He is presently reading for his BA Degree in Social Science at the Open University of Sri Lanka and holds a Diploma in Journalism from the Aquinas Collage of Higher Studies and a Certificate in Journalism from the Open University. He is a Life Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.

The Lion and the Sword (Volume 1) is the first part of a two volume multi-disciplinary inquiry into the origins and development of Sri Lanka’s races, languages, cultural traditions and social institutions. This volume is primarily ethnological and comprises three comprehensive essays on Sri Lankan anthropology, linguistics, history and culture through which the author takes the reader to the plains and valleys of Hindustan, to Central Asia and Southern Russia, to the Mediterranean and Northern Africa, on the Middle East and the East Indies, in an attempt to trace the origins and development of the island’s peoples and languages.

The author has gathered around him a vast corpus of subject matter from a wide array of reputed sources to substantiate established historical facts and has also postulated some new ideas and theories which should stimulate further research and inquiry.