Gardens of Sri Lanka: 2,000 years of garden and landscape design tradition

スリランカの2,000年にわたる庭園と景観設計の伝統

これまでローマ、ルネサンス、19〜20世紀の欧米の庭園に偏って語られてきた庭園史ですが、本書はそれに対し、紀元前3世紀から続く庭園文化が存在し、庭園考古学（garden archaeology）という分野が1940年代にここで始まったスリランカを紹介。
Contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Chronology of Sri Lanka’s history
Map of Sri Lanka

ROYAL GARDENS
Introduction
Anuradhapura
Ranmasu Uyana
Sigiriya
Polonnaruwa
A Secondary Lake Surrounding the Promontory?
A Hypothesis
Shifting Capitals
Kandy

MONASTIC GARDENS
Introduction
Anuradhapura
Giri (Hill) Monasteries
Centric (Metropolitan) Monasteries
Pabbata (Mountain) Vihara
Padhanagara Parivena (Meditation Monasteries)
Kaludiya Pokuna Mihintale
Ritigala
Arankäle
The Bodhi Tree Shrine, a Sacred Garden

THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER
Introduction
Atapattu Walawwa
The ‘Royal’ Botanic Garden, Peradeniya
The Hakgala Botanic Garden
Richmond Castle at Kalutara
Roehampton Tea Estate Garden
The Girls’ School at Uduvil
Taprobane at Weligama

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY GARDENS
Introduction
Bevis Bawa’s Gardens
The Brief Garden
The Gardens of the Sigiriya Village Hotel (the older part)
Geoffrey Bawa’s Gardens
Lunuganga
The Kandalama Hotel, near Dambulla
Diyabubula (the artist’ own garden)
The Gardens of the Sigiriya Village Hotel (the second part)
The Boulder Garden Hotel

Afterword

Bibliography
Glossary