Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Usage xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. The Portuguese and the Tooth Relic
7. One / The Tale of the Portuguese Tooth and Its Sources 19
8. Two / Where the Tooth Was Found: Traditions about the Location of the Relic in Sri Lanka 43
9. Three / Whose Tooth Was It? Traditions about the Identity of the Relic 73
10. Four / The Trial of the Tooth 109
11. Five / The Destruction of the Tooth 125
12. Conspectus of Part One / The Storical Evolution of the Tales of the Portuguese Tooth 145
13. Part Two. The British and the Tooth Relic
14. Six / The Cosmopolitan Tooth: The Relic in Kandy before the British Became Aware of It 153
15. Seven / The British Takeover of 1815 and the Kandyan Convention 177
16. Eight / The Relic Returns: The Tooth and Its Properties Restored to the Temple 203
17. Nine / The Relic Lost and Recaptured: The Tooth and the Rebellion of 1817–1818 223
18. Ten / The Relic Disestablished: Missionary Oppositions to the Tooth 245
19. Eleven / Showings of the Tooth: The Story of the King of Siam’s Visit (1897) 267
20. Twelve / Showings of the Tooth: The Story of Queen Elizabeth’s Shoes (1954) 285
21. Summary and Conclusion 307
22. References 317
23. Index 339