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Buy your antique map of India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Explore our collection of antiqe maps of India and Ceylon, both part of Southern Asia. Sri Lanka was given the name Ceilão by the Portuguese when they arrived in 1505. Later on when Ceilão became a British Crown Colony, this very name was transliterated into E...
Buy your antique map of India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Explore our collection of antiqe maps of India and Ceylon, both part of Southern Asia. Sri Lanka was given the name Ceilão by the Portuguese when they arrived in 1505. Later on when Ceilão became a British Crown Colony, this very name was transliterated into English as Ceylon. It achieved independence as the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948. The island was renamed Sri Lanka before which it was known by a variety of names including Sinhala, Thambaparni, Taprobane (used by the Greeks), Eelam (name used by the native tamils).