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යාපනයේ දඹකොළ පටුන විහාරස්ථානය. අමා එච් වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි. (අගෝස්තු 19 වැනි දින, Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ, අමා එච්. වන්නිආරච්චි විසින් රචිත Heritage in Peril යනුවෙන් පළ වූ ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනයයි.) නූතන උතුරු පළාත දිස්ත්‍රික්ක පහකින් සමන්විත වේ; යාපනය, කිලිනොච්චිය, මන්නාරම, මුලතිව් සහ වවුනියාව. වර්තමාන උතුරු පළාතම පාහේ ඓතිහාසික යුගයේදී පුරාණ උත්තර පස්ස හෝ පුරාණ උතුරු ප්‍රදේශය … Continue reading ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර අපේ උරුමය – 2 කොටස. →
Dr. Gamini Wijesuriya receives his award from Patricia Kell, President of the XXXII General Assembly. (Photo Credit: https://www.iccrom.org/) Trailblazer of ICCROM for Sri Lanka: Dr Gamini Wijesuriya Dr. Gamini Wijesuriya, a member of the Archaeological Advisory Council and former Director (Architecture) of the Department of Archaeology, was awarded the prestigious ICCROM award to appreciate his contributions […]
අමා එච් වන්නිආරච්චි විසිනි. (අගෝස්තු 6 වැනි දින, Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ, අමා එච්. වන්නිආරච්චි විසින් රචිත Heritage in Peril යනුවෙන් පළ වූ ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනයයි.) ඉපැරණි කුරුන්දි විහාරස්ථානය මුල් කරගෙන මෑතකාලයේ ඉස්මතු වූ අර්බුධය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උරුම කළමනාකරණය පිළිබඳව අපට නැවත සිතන්නට පොළඹවන්නකි. පසුගිය සතියේ පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව (DoA) විසින් කෘෂි-පුරාවිද්‍යා සහ වාරි පුරාවිද්‍යා ඒකකයන් ආරම්භ … Continue reading ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර අපේ උරුමය – 1 කොටස. →
Ivory craftsmanship Sri Lanka has a rich history regarding many native traditional handcrafts. Among them, ivory craftsmanship has a special place. To study ivory craftsmanship and its technology in Sri Lanka we can use Sri Lankan literary and archeological sources. Especially according to early Brahmi inscriptions and archeological data, it’s important to understand the details of historical ivory […]
Sri Lanka’s vast number of ruined temples scattered all over the Northern and Eastern provinces are silent witnesses and solid pieces of evidence of the territorial integrity and the history of the North and the East. However, some separatist groups openly express their hatred towards these ruined temples solely because they want to fulfil their […]
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy “Confidence is ignorance. If you’re feeling cocky, it’s because there’s something you don’t know.” -Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl Distortion or misinterpretations of Sri Lankan history is a recent trend. This is indeed sad and at the same time dangerous in many aspects. One reason is that these misinterpretations alter the country’s known … Continue reading Padhanaghara; Jain Distortion →
Unscientific Twisting of the Truth By Ama H.Vanniarachchy Ceylon Today Heritage presented to you a series of articles about Pseudo archaeology over the last four weeks and its negative and possible disastrous impacts on Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage. We discussed many examples of pseudoarchaeology in Sri Lanka and presented evidence to say how these pseudo … Continue reading Putting an end to Pseudo archaeology in Sri Lanka →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy “A true warrior fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” G.K. Chesterton. Battles have always been a part of human civilization. Fighting against each other for territories is a nature of almost every living being, no matter if they are … Continue reading Commemorating Valour; Hero Stones of Sri Lanka →
By Ama H.Vanniarachchy On the 12th morning it was reported that some valuable artefacts at the Deliwala Kotawehera temple, Rambukkana were stolen. Among the stolen artefacts were some golden and crystal caskets which were kept inside the house of relics of the temple. As the Director-General of Archaeology, senior professor Anura Manatunga said to us, … Continue reading Deliwala robbery incident →
The conversation between a monk and a king at Mihintale. By Ama H.Vanniarachchy Twenty-Three centuries ago, a bhikkhu who visited Sri Lanka from India, changed the fate of this little island. He, known as Arhat Mahinda, was the son of the Mauryan emperor Asoka. Arhat Mahinda taught the teachings of the Gautama Buddha to the … Continue reading The First Known IQ Test? →