A single-volume survey of world history, written in Sinhala by Edwin Ariyadasa and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena. The text is entirely in Sinhala, so buyers outside Sri Lanka should be confident of reading the language before ordering.
World history is an enormous subject, and the book sets out to gather its main strands in one place: prehistory, the rise of human civilisations, the particular centuries that shaped those civilisations, the individuals who emerged within human society, and the events that turned the course of history. Rather than treating a single region or period in depth, it brings these matters together in summary form.
The publisher presents it as a book for school and university students, and equally for general readers with an interest in world history who are reading outside a syllabus. It is the kind of title that sits in a school or public library collection as a general reference on the subject in Sinhala.
Edwin Ariyadasa was a Sri Lankan journalist and writer. M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English, with a substantial list of educational and general titles.
Of particular interest to Sinhala-reading households abroad looking for general history in the language, and to libraries and institutions building Sinhala-language collections outside Sri Lanka.
- Author: Edwin Ariyadasa
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 978-955-21-2994-6
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