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Name
  
Harry Purvis


Died
  
1937

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The Maldive Islands: An Account of the Physical Features, Climate, History, Inhabitants, Productions, and Trade

Harry Charles Purvis Bell (21 September 1851 – 6 September 1937), more often known as HCP Bell, was a British civil servant and a commissioner in the Ceylon Civil Service. He was born in British India.

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Harry Charles Purvis Bell FileHarry Charles Purvis Bell The Mldive Islands An Account

Biography

Appointed an official archaeologist, he carried out many excavations in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the Archaeological Survey during an appointment running from 1890 to 1912.

After retirement, he also investigated the archaeology and epigraphy of the Maldives, where he had been earlier in his life. and studied the linguistics of the Maldivian language. Bell had developed a good friendship with the king of the Maldives, who put his own royal schooner Fath-ul-Majid at his disposition to carry out archaeological research in certain atolls south of Malé.

Works

  • Bell, Harry Charles Purvis (1882). The Máldive Islands: An Account of the Physical Features, Climate, History, Inhabitants, Productions, and Trade. F. Luker, acting government printer, Ceylon. 
  • The Maldive Islands. Report on a Visit to Málé, Colombo, 1921.
  • Bell, Harry Charles Purvis (1890). Anuradhpura and the North-Central Province ...: Progress Report. Government Printer, South Africa. 
  • Bell, Harry Charles Purvis (2002). The Máldive Islands: Monograph on the History, Archaeology and Epigraphy. Novelty Printers Publ. ISBN 978-99915-3-051-2. 
  • Bell, Harry Charles Purvis (1998). Excerpta Máldiviana. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1221-1. 
  • References

    Harry Charles Purvis Bell Wikipedia


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