Sri Lanka
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 02, 2024 06:15 PM
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History
The island of Sri Lanka was known to Greek and Roman writers by a number of names, including Taprobane, Palaisimoundou, and Salike.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50298
8.21122104721, 80.5298005344
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- Palaisimoundou (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Salike (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Silenfantine (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Simoundou (30 BC - AD 300)
- Taprobane (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Ταπροβάνη (Taprobane: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Andrisimoundou (Akron) part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Anoubartha part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Anurādhapura connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Boreion Pr. connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Dagana connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Galiba connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Galiba (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Galiboi connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Hippuri Pr. connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Kalmunai connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Mantai located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Matara connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Modoutou Emporion located on Sri Lanka (30 BC - AD 300)
- Nagadiba connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Oulippada? part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Palaeogoni/Serendivae located at Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Polonnaruwa located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Sigiriya located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Udappu connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Taprobane/Palaisimoundou/Salike Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sri Lanka Pāli: Tambapaṇṇi Skt.: pāra-samudra?
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sri Lanka: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50298> [accessed: 17 April 2025]
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