![]() ![]() The documents which lay on the desk before him that morning were not connected with his routine duties as Government Agent of the Province. George Turnour was one of these men, and history has shown him scant recognition, for his contribution to a fuller knowledge of the past must be considered unique. The Colonial Service, in particular, was attracting men of culture and high feeling, for whom the betterment of mankind in general, and not personal prosperity, was the principal objective. Those were the days of Empire, full-blooded and confident. ![]() George Turnour (1799–1843), sat in his office in the Kachcheri buildings at Ratnapura in the Saffragam Province of Ceylon. The Mahavamsa: Original Version Chapters 1 – 37Ĭingalese history is authenticated by the concurrence of every evidence that can contribute to verify the annals of any country – “Ceylon” Pearl of the East by Harry Williams Introduction to George Turnour’s edition of the Mahavansa
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