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===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yFpTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies: together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and…''] by Robert Knox , a Captive there near Twenty Years. 1681 Google Books
**Article about the book and its author: [http://roar.lk/identities/knox-knox-robert/ "Knox-Knox: Robert Was Here!"] by Rukshani Weerasooriya 3 May 2016 roar.lk
*''A description of Ceylon, containing an account of the country, inhabitants, and natural productions;: with narratives of a tour round the island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804. Illustrated by twenty-five engravings from original drawings'' by Rev James Cordiner, late Chaplain to the Garrison of Columbo. 1807 Google Books. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=I0g7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4Uc7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume II] The author was in Ceylon 1799-1804
:There are chapters on Ceylon from [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA139 page 139] ''A Voyage To India'' by Rev James Cordiner 1820 Google Books The author was in Ceylon 1799-1804.
