Preface: Understanding the Present through Its History
Introduction
A Note on Transliteration
1. Concepts of an Ideal Social Order as Portrayed in the Chronicles of Ceylon
2. Kingship, the Sangha, and the Process of Legitimation in the Anuradhapura Period
3. Varieties of Religious Assimilation in Early Medieval Sri Lanka
4. The Pursuit of Equilibirum: Polonnaruva as a Ceremonial Center
5. Sinhalese Buddhism and Its Modern Quests for Identity: The Dilemmas of a Pluralistic Society
6. Identity Issues of Sinhalas and Tamils: Dilemmas of Identity in the Throes of Social Conflict
Epilogue by Jerri Hurlbutt: A Vision of Pluralism Enacted