From Adam's Peak to ElephantaCEYLONReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…From Adam’s Peak to Elephanta:PREFACECEYLONChapter I · COLOMBO.Chapter II · KANDY AND PEASANT LIFE.Chapter III · KURUNÉGALA.Chapter IV · ADAM’S PEAK AND THE BLACK RIVER.Chapter V · BRITISH LAW-COURTS AND BUDDHIST TEMPLES.Chapter VI · ANURÁDHAPURA: A RUINED CITY OF THE JUNGLE.Chapter VII · A NIGHT-FESTIVAL IN A HINDU TEMPLE.Chapter VIII · A VISIT TO A GÑÁNI.Chapter IX · CONSCIOUSNESS WITHOUT THOUGHT.Chapter X · METHODS OF ATTAINMENT.Chapter XI · TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENT WISDOM-RELIGION.INDIAChapter XII · THE SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES.Chapter XIII · MADRAS AND CALCUTTA.Chapter XIV · BENARES.Chapter XV · THE ANGLO-INDIAN AND THE OYSTER.Chapter XVI · DELHI AND AGRA.Chapter XVII · BOMBAY.Chapter XVIII · THE OLD ORDER: CASTE AND COMMUNISM.Chapter XIX · THE NEW INFLUENCES: WESTERN SCIENCE AND COMMERCIALISM.Previous chapter ←PREFACENext chapter →Chapter I · COLOMBO.All chapters and sections (23)Other sectionsFrom Adam’s Peak to Elephanta:PREFACECEYLONChapters1234567891011Other sectionsINDIAChapters1213141516171819SEASHORE NEAR COLOMBO.◇(Outrigged canoe in foreground.)◇← PREFACECHAPTER I. COLOMBO. →