Sri Lanka
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 11, 2025 01:21 PM
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History
The island of Sri Lanka lies at the center of the Indian Ocean world, connecting and connected by trade and communication with and between Africa, Arabia, southwest Asia, peninsular south Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and beyond.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50298
8.09043503445, 80.5533441666
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- Less than certain: Cezā’ir-i Serendīb (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Cezīre-i Serendīb (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Insvla Taproba[n]e (Insula Taprobane: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Palaisimoundou (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Salike (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Serendīb (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Silenfantine (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Simoundou (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sri Lanka (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- 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 located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Attikuli located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Boreion Pr. part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Dagana located on 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)
- Kalpitiya located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Kitalagama located on 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)
- Nachchaduwa Tank located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Nagadiba located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Oulippada? part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Palaeogoni/Serendivae located at Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Pandiruppu located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Polonnaruwa located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Sigiriya located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Tarachoi located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
- Udappu connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
island
- Evidence:
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- Related:
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, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Sri Lanka: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50298> [accessed: 18 May 2026]
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