The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Karavas and Karaiyars caste of Sri Lanka and India. Both communities were historically also known as Kurukulam, meaning Kuru clan.[1]

Medieval period

Colonial period

Independent period

Sources

  1. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Volume 36-37. University of Michigan: Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 1993. p. 137.
  2. Ceylon (1960). History of Ceylon. Ceylon University Press. p. 425.
  3. Tamil Culture. Academy of Tamil Culture. 1953. p. 307.
  4. Raghavan, M. D. (1971). Tamil culture in Ceylon: a general introduction. Kalai Nilayam. pp. 53, 138.
  5. Society, Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic (1969). Journal of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Royal Asiatic Society, Sri Lanka Branch. p. 2.
  6. McGilvray, Dennis B. (2008-05-07). Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822341611.
  7. Vriddhagirisan, V. (1995). Nayaks of Tanjore. Asian Educational Services. p. 91. ISBN 9788120609969.
  8. Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Dagmar (2007). Von Jaffna nach Kilinocchi: Wandel des politischen Bewusstseins der Tamilen in Sri Lanka (in German). Ergon. pp. 104, 134. ISBN 9783899135442.
  9. DeSilva, Chandra Richard (1972). The Portuguese in Ceylon, 1617-1638. University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. pp. 59–66, 83–84.
  10. Daily Mirror, Uditha Devapriya, 4 June 2019, The era of rebellion 1815-1848 https://www.dailymirror.lk/News-Features/The-era-of-rebellion-1815-1848/131-168599
  11. Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (2000). Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Its Origins and Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. UBC Press. pp. 18–24. ISBN 9780774807593.
  12. Richardson, John Martin (2005). Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars. International Center for Ethnic Studies. p. 342. ISBN 9789555800945.
  13. Jiggins, Janice (1979-06-07). Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780521220699.

References

  • BITC, The Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Culture I, Madras University 1961
  • Habib Irfan, The Agrarian system of Mughal India, 1999 Oxford
  • S. Paranavitana, Inscriptions of Ceylon, Volume I
  • Perniola Fr. S. J., The History of the Catholic Church – Portuguese period
  • Queyroz Fr. S. J., 1688 The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylaö
  • Sastri Nilakanta K. A., Pandyan Kingdom
  • Sastri Nilakanta K. A. The Cholas
  • Raghavan, M. D., The Karava of Ceylon: Society and Culture, K. V. G. de Silva, 1961
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