Timeline of the Kurukulam

The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Karavas and Karaiyars caste of Sri Lanka and India. Both communities were historically also known as Kurukulam, meaning Kuru clan.[1]

Medieval period

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Colonial period

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Independent period

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Sources

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  1. ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Volume 36-37. University of Michigan: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 1993. p. 137.
  2. ^ Ceylon (1960). History of Ceylon. Ceylon University Press. p. 425.
  3. ^ Tamil Culture. Academy of Tamil Culture. 1953. p. 307.
  4. ^ Raghavan, M. D. (1971). Tamil culture in Ceylon: a general introduction. Kalai Nilayam. pp. 53, 138.
  5. ^ Society, Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic (1969). Journal of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Royal Asiatic Society, Sri Lanka Branch. p. 2.
  6. ^ McGilvray, Dennis B. (2008-05-07). Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822341611.
  7. ^ Vriddhagirisan, V. (1995). Nayaks of Tanjore. Asian Educational Services. p. 91. ISBN 9788120609969.
  8. ^ Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Dagmar (2007). Von Jaffna nach Kilinocchi: Wandel des politischen Bewusstseins der Tamilen in Sri Lanka (in German). Ergon. pp. 104, 134. ISBN 9783899135442.
  9. ^ DeSilva, Chandra Richard (1972). The Portuguese in Ceylon, 1617-1638. University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. pp. 59–66, 83–84.
  10. ^ Daily Mirror, Uditha Devapriya, 4 June 2019, The era of rebellion 1815-1848 https://www.dailymirror.lk/News-Features/The-era-of-rebellion-1815-1848/131-168599
  11. ^ Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (2000). Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Its Origins and Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. UBC Press. pp. 18–24. ISBN 9780774807593.
  12. ^ Richardson, John Martin (2005). Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars. International Center for Ethnic Studies. p. 342. ISBN 9789555800945.
  13. ^ Jiggins, Janice (1979-06-07). Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780521220699.

References

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  • BITC, The Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Culture I, Madras University 1961
  • Habib Irfan, The Agrarian system of Mughal India, 1999 Oxford
  • S. Paranavitana, Inscriptions of Ceylon, Volume I
  • Perniola Fr. S. J., The History of the Catholic Church – Portuguese period
  • Queyroz Fr. S. J., 1688 The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylaö
  • Sastri Nilakanta K. A., Pandyan Kingdom
  • Sastri Nilakanta K. A. The Cholas
  • Raghavan, M. D., The Karava of Ceylon: Society and Culture, K. V. G. de Silva, 1961
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