The state of theocracy: defining an Early Medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka

Coningham, R.A.E.; Gunawardhana, P.; Manuel, M.J.; Adikari, G.; Katugampola, M.; Young, R.L.; Schmidt, A.; Krishnan, K.; Simpson, I.; McDonnell, G.; Batt, C.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00095673

The state of theocracy: defining an Early Medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka

Coningham, R.A.E.; Gunawardhana, P.; Manuel, M.J.; Adikari, G.; Katugampola, M.; Young, R.L.; Schmidt, A.; Krishnan, K.; Simpson, I.; McDonnell, G.; Batt, C.

Authors

Professor Robin Coningham r.a.e.coningham@durham.ac.uk
Professor

P. Gunawardhana

Dr Mark Manuel m.j.manuel@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

G. Adikari

M. Katugampola

R.L. Young

A. Schmidt

K. Krishnan

I. Simpson

G. McDonnell

C. Batt

Abstract

The ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura is currently the subject of one of the world's largest and most intensive archaeological research projects. Having traced its growth from an Iron Age village to a medieval city, the research team now moves to the task of modelling the surrounding landscape. Three seasons of fieldwork have located numerous sites of which the most prominent in the urban period are monasteries. Here is a clue about how the early urban hinterland was managed which has implications well beyond Sri Lanka.

Citation

Coningham, R., Gunawardhana, P., Manuel, M., Adikari, G., Katugampola, M., Young, R., …Batt, C. (2007). The state of theocracy: defining an Early Medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 81(313), 699-719. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00095673

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2007
Deposit Date	Dec 1, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Jun 17, 2011
Journal	Antiquity
Print ISSN	0003-598X
Electronic ISSN	1745-1744
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	81
Issue	313
Pages	699-719
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00095673
Keywords	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Heterarchy, Monasticism, Survey, Theocracy.
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1547719