in Sri Lanka. See also Early Buddhist schools Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha Nissarana Vanaya Meditation System Maha Bodhi Society Buddhist Publication Society Buddhist Cultural Centre Solosmasthana Atamasthana Godwin Samararatne Dewa (people) References Bibliography Carrithers, Michael (1973). The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka, An Anthropological and Historical Study. Oxford University Press. De Silva, K. M. (1981) A History of Sri Lanka. University of California Press. De Silva, K. M. (2005) A History of Sri Lanka, Second edition. Penguin Books India. . {{cite book |last= Lehr |first=Peter |date= December 30, 2018 |title= Militant Buddhism: The Rise of Religious Violence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. |publisher= Springer International Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan |isbn= 9783030035174}} (may not be same page numbers as refs) Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations). Greenwood. Siriweera, W. I. (1994). A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka. Vikas Publishing House. . von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1990. Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka. 752 pages with 1610 illustrations. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1992. The Golden Age of Sculpture in Sri Lanka. [Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1 November 1992 – 26 September 1993]. 160 pages with 64 illustrations. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. Further reading Tessa Bartholomeusz: First Among Equals: Buddhism and the Sri Lankan State, in: Ian Harris (ed.), Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia. London/New York: Continuum, 1999, pp. 173–193. Mahinda Deegalle: Popularizing Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006. Richard Gombrich: Theravada Buddhism: a social history from ancient Benares to modern Colombo. 2nd rev. ed. London: Routledge, 2006. Langer, Rita. Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth: A study of contemporary Sri Lankan practice and its origins''. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. Sri Lanka’s admirable Buddhist missionary achievements in the West External links Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery – Sri Lanka Buddhactivity Dharma Centres database The Mahavamsa History of Sri Lanka The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka Colonel Olcott and the Buddhist Revival In Sri Lanka Kelani Rajamaha Viharaya The Dhamma proclaimed by the Gautama Buddha Religious protector from Ethnic Strife Sri Lanka Sri L