Category: Ama Vanniarachchy
Ama H.Vanniarachchy is a Sri Lankan scholar in Archaeology, writer, journalist and a painter.
She is a journalist at a leading National Newspaper company in Sri Lanka.
She has conducted two international painting exhibitions in Colombo and published nine books so far. She is also the founder / principal of Ama H. Vanniarachchy, Arts and Crafts Studio, Sri Lanka.
Her first book, an archaeological research about the origin and evolution of the domestic dog was published by Godage International Publishers in 2013. Since 2013 she is conducting research in archaeology and have published her research in International and National archaeology research platforms. ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25066965 )
She has written, illustrated and published seven children’s books. (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8556146.Ama_H_Vanniarachchy)
She also published her first translation book in 2019, which was a translation of the award winning British writer Cathy Cassidy’s Cherry Crush novel.
Ama was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and had her primary and secondary education at Musaeus College, Colombo. She read for an Honours degree in Archaeology from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and currently researching for her higher studies in Archaeology. Her field work includes excavation and exploration work at Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Kelaniya,Thissa,Akuragoda and Jaffna in Sri Lanka.
Ama H.Vanniarachchy is an animal rights activists and involved animal charity work. She is the founder of J’pura Animal Lovers Animal Welfare organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The author’s first book released by Godage International Publishers, titled “Origin and Evolution of the Domestic Dog” discusses the long time process of the domestication of the Domestic Dog. The Domestic Dog, Scientifically called as the Canis lupus familiaris, is one of the oldest animals to be domesticated. There are arguments between scholars about the oldest animal … Continue reading A STUDY ON THE “ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE DOMESTIC DOG”. →
ලක්දිව මුල්ම ජනාවස පිහිටුවනු ලබන්නේ සිංහලයන්ය. සිංහලයන්ගේ ආදිතමයන්ගේ පිය සටහන් සොයා යන ගමනේදී අපට පිටිවහලක් වන විවධ මුලාශ්‍රයන් අතරින් පුරා විද්‍යා මුලාශ්‍ර ප්‍රධාන තැනක් ගනී. මෙම ලිපියෙන් පිළිගත හැකි ප්‍රධාන පුරා විද්‍යාත්මක සාධක කිහිපයක් ගැන පමණක් සාකච්ඡා කෙරේ. දැනට ලැබෙන පුරා විද්‍යාත්මක සාධක අනුව අදින් වසර එක් ලක්ෂ විසිපන්දාහක් තරම් ඈතකට මෙරට ජනාවාසකරණ ඉතිහාසය දිව යන්නේය. … Continue reading ආදීම සිංහලයන්ගේ පිය සටහන් සොයා… →
The Sinhalese are the first to inhabit and civilize the fertile lands of Lanka. Archaeological evidence comes in great aid when researching the earliest history of Sri Lanka and this article will present some of the significant archaeological findings to recognize the earliest footsteps of the Sinhalese. The history of the oldest known human settlement … Continue reading Trails of a Vanishing Nation; The Sinhalese →