#CEYLON SRI LANKA MAP PDF#
#CEYLON SRI LANKA MAP SERIES#

A national movement for political independence arose in the early 20th century, and in 1948, Ceylon became a dominion. The Dutch possessions were then taken by the British, who later extended their control over the whole island, colonising it from 1815 to 1948. After the Sinhalese-Portuguese war, the Dutch and the Kingdom of Kandy took control of those areas. Part of Sri Lanka became a Portuguese possession. During a period of great political crisis in the Sinhalese kingdom of Kotte, the Portuguese arrived in Sri Lanka (largely by accident) and then sought to control the island's maritime regions and its lucrative external trade. The country's trade in luxury goods and spices attracted traders of many nations, which helped to create Sri Lanka's diverse population. Because its location made it a major trading hub, it was already known to both Far Easterners and Europeans as long ago as the Anuradhapura period. Sri Lanka's geographic location and deep harbours have made it of great strategic importance, from the earliest days of the ancient Silk Road trade route to today's so-called maritime Silk Road. The earliest known Buddhist writings of Sri Lanka, known collectively as the PДЃli canon, date to the fourth Buddhist council, which took place in 29 BCE. Sri Lanka's documented history goes back 3,000 years, with evidence of prehistoric human settlements that dates to at least 125,000 years ago. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and the Maldives. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka ( UK: / s r i Л€ l Г¦ Е‹ k Й™, Кѓ r iЛђ -/, US: /- Л€ l Й‘Лђ Е‹ k Й™/ ( listen) Sinhala: а·Ѓа·ЉвЂЌа¶»а·“ а¶Ѕа¶‚а¶ља·Џа·Ђ, romanized: ЕљrД« Laб№…kДЃ ( IPA: ) Tamil: а®‡а®Іа®™аЇЌа®•аЇ€, romanized: Ilaб№…kai ( IPA: )), formerly known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

#CEYLON SRI LANKA MAP SERIES#

1:250,000 - India Joint Operations Graphic Series U.S.You may need rendering support to display the Indic text in this article correctly.Not for navigational use This series covers Sri Lanka 1:500,000 - Tactical Pilotage Charts U.S.1:1,000,000 - International Map of the World This series covers all of Sri Lanka on sheets NC44 and NB44.Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center Not for navigational use This series covers all of Sri Lanka on sheets K-8 and L-8 1:1,000,000 - Operational Navigation Chart Series U.S.Sri Lanka (Shaded Relief, Economic Activity, Land Use, Ethnolinguistic Groups and Religions, Population, Location) Map No.Sri Lanka (Ethnic communities and religions, Population density, Land use and economic activity) 1976 (188K).Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, 1964. Ceylon - South 1964 (Topographic Map) Portion of Colombo sheet.Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, 1959. Ceylon - North 1959 (Topographic Map) Portion of Madura sheet.Ceylon 1914 'Ceylon' from Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Sessional Papers, Colonial Reports - Annual.Trincomalee Harbour area from The Indian Ocean Atlas, published by the C.I.A.Jaffna Peninsula Original scale 1:500,000 Portion of Defense Mapping Agency TPC K-8C 1983 (191K) Not for navigational use.

#CEYLON SRI LANKA MAP PDF#

Sri Lanka (Transportation) 2001 (1.1MB) and pdf format (370K).Sri Lanka (Shaded Relief) 2000 (180K) and.

Sri Lanka (Physiography) 2001 (1.2MB) and pdf format (450K).

Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated. The following maps were produced by the U.S.

Ceylon sri lanka map