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Sinhalese Domestic Life In Space and Time

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Part_I.pdf (12.24 MB)
Part I
Part_II.pdf (7.01 MB)
Part II
End_Matter.pdf (840.02 KB)
End Matter
Front_Matter.pdf (2.73 MB)
Front Matter
Part_IV.pdf (13.47 MB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/3025
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MacDougall South Asian Architecture Collection
Author
MacDougall, Robert D.
MacDougall, Bonnie G.
Abstract

This is a report on the content, organization and use of Sinhalese domestic space. It is based on research carried out in 1965 and 1968 in a contemporary but traditional community (hereafter called Rangama, a pseudonym) which is located in a remote area of the Kandyan highlands in Central Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).

Journal / Series
South Asia occasional papers and theses;no. 5
Description
vii, 181 p., [3] fold. leaves of plates (1 in pocket) : ill., plans ; 28 cm. Bibliography: p. 180-181.
Sponsorship
Cornell South Asia Program and Center for International Studies
Date Issued
1977
Publisher
South Asia Program, Cornell University
Keywords
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
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Dwellings
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Architecture, Domestic
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Sri Lanka
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Kandy
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Social life and customs
Type
book

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