It gives me great pleasure to write a few words about the book written by Ranjan Chinthaka Mendis, entitled “An Invisible History of Early Sri Lanka”. I warmly congratulate Chinthaka Mendis, a ...

Sri Lankan anthropologist Professor Gananath Obeyesekere’s book The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha delves into the life of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, the last king of Sri Lanka, and ...

"First published as two books: 'Some ancient Hindu temples of Sri Lanka' in 1980 and 'More Hindu temples of Sri Lanka' in 1991"--Title page verso Contents Section I. Vinayakar temples -- Section II.

The ancient town of Dambulla in central Sri Lanka is home to one of the most remarkable and sacred historical sites in the region. Known as the Dambulla cave temple complex, it is the largest and best ...

The Ramayana is a classic story from Hindu mythology, telling the story of Rama and his conflict with the villainous Ravana, King of Lanka, who has kidnapped Rama’s consort Sita and trapped her in a ...

Small-sized water storage is a key source of resilience for rural communities in many parts of the world. Sri Lanka’s tank cascade system is an ancient means of storing water in the country’s dry zone ...