Category: Prehistory

Chandima Bandara Ambanwala Department of Archaeology & Heritage Management, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale. [email protected] Translated by: Chryshane Mendis Chandima Bandara Ambanwala Introduction Sri Lanka stands out as one of the foremost among the few countries in the world with a continuous written history. Since the introduction of Buddhism from India, Buddhist scholars keen […]

Weliange W.S1 & Pathmakumara Jayasingha2 Speleothems are mineral deposits found in caves and karsts, which are classified and named, based on the type of formation, mineral constituents and morphology. Limestone caves are famous since its speleothems are made up of various carbonate compounds. Most of the caves of Sri Lanka have been formed in high […]

become man”s heart     Abstract Veddah is the last remaining group of people in Sri Lanka who are believed to be the descendents of the prehistoric man. Therefore an evolutionary point of view Veddah could be the true survival of the fittest present in Sri Lanka. A new project is launched under the auspicious […]