Category: Archaeological Books and Reviews
The magnum opus of Dr. P. G. Punchihewa entitled: Anubudu Mihinu Mahimi -Mihindhu the high priest the second Buddha – in Sinhalese published by the Sarasavi Publishers was released recently. Anubudhu Mihidhu Mahahimi is a much-awaited biography on the Arahath Mahinda who was instrumental in introducing Buddhism to our island. The earliest biography written […]
The book ‘Marga Puranaya’ by Dr. Vidanapathirana was launched on the 22nd of February 2017 at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology. The ceremony commenced at 3pm with the welcome speech delivered by Dr. Arjuna Thanthirage. The Chief Guest for the ceremony was Prof. S. B. Hettiarachchi and Guest of Honor was Dr. Janaka Weerasinghe, Director […]
By Sachin Kumar Tiwary Ethno rock art can provide insights of value to Archaeoscientists into how people in the past may have lived, especially with regard to their social structures, religious beliefs and other aspects of their culture”. This way, the methodological approach proposed in this publication can also contribute for the development of Cognitive Archaeology, […]
Cover Page Somadeva, R., 2006. Urban Origins in Southern Sri Lanka. Studies in Global Archaeology 3. Uppsala, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 436 pp., 9 diagrams, 18 maps, 122 figures, 130 plates, 201 tables, 9 appendices. ISSN 1651-1255, ISBN XXXX. This study focuses upon the development of urbanization in southern Sri Lanka during […]
Bibliography of Prof. Senarat Paranavitana Publications edited by Prof. Senarat Paranavitana Epigraphia Zeylanica: being lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon. Vol.3, 1928-1933, edited by S. Paranavitana, London, published for the Govt. of Ceylon by Humphrey Milford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1933, xvi, 358p., 38 pls. Epigraphia Zeylanica: being lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon. Vol.4, […]
Book Launch How to Get Abs Dr. Vidanapathirana’s investigation of the relict cultural landscape of the two key river basins of the Malvatu Oya and Kala Oya has the distinction of being a pioneering study and the first book in the relatively neglected field of Sri Lanka’s historical geography. It places archaeological remains, inscriptional records, […]
Cover Page Author : Raj Somadewa PhD Publisher: The Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya Prize: Rs. 9000/= / ₤ 45/= / $ 65/= (10% discount available for booksellers) ISBN: 978-955-8522-12-7 This book presents the results of a two years field survey project carried out on the Rock Paintings and Engraving(RPE) sites in Sri Lanka. 23 RPE sites […]
The Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka is one of the oldest libraries in the Island having been established in 1845. As such it contains some of the rarest and oldest books available on the Island about its peoples’ – their history, geography, cultures, languages, religions and ways of life. These are […]
A new book on Prehistoric Sri Lanka by Dr. Nimal Perera(Deputy Director-General, Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka) has been published by the British Archaeology Reports. This is the major publication on Sri Lanka Prehistory after the Dr. Siran Deraniyagala’s book. It is available at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology Library(407, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07,) and […]