Lost in Context 1000 years ago, an empire of technocrats emerged on the island of Ceylon. They transformed Sri Lanka’s environment and human geography, and then faded away into the jungle.

By Rajitha Weerakoon Courtesy The Daily Mirror With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention, ceremonially signed on March 10, 1815, completed the annexation of the island to the British Empire. This brought an end to the rule of Lankan Royalty.  British propaganda successfully portrayed King Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe as a cruel Tamil […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: Sri Lanka, strategically located at the crossroads of ancient global trade, flourished as an economically vibrant and culturally independent nation. Its ability to engage in cultural exchanges on its own terms ensured the preservation of its unique spiritual and cultural heritage. The island’s thriving civilization, led by its Mahārath—visionary leaders and […]

by, Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha First of all, it is highly important to note, that after the incorporation of the  Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC), on the 20th of March 1602; thereafter  soon afterwards, within a month and ten days; on the 2nd of May 1602, the Dutch Admiral Joris van Spilbergen’s arrival in […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ආදරය… ජීවිතය ජීවත් කරවන හරි අපූරු හැඟීමක්, අපි කවුරුත් එක වගේ විඳන්න ආස දෙයක් නමුත් කෙතරම් කැපකිරීම් කළත් හැම ආදර කතාවක්ම සතුටින් අවසන් වෙන්නේ නැහැ. එලෙස මතකයන් පමණක් ඉතිරි කර මැකී යන සමහර ප්‍රේමකතාවල සුන්දරත්වය තවමත් ජීවමානයි. අද (14) ආදරවන්තයින්ගේ දවසේ අපි ඔබට රැගෙන එන්නේ වසර 220ක් පැරණි, ඔබ අසා ඇති […]

සමන්ති පෙරේරා / ගාමිනී විතාණ රජක කුලයේ ව්‍යාප්තිය ගැන ඓතිහාසික වාර්තා හොයන පරියේෂිකා අනෝමා යකුම්පිටියටත් මටත් වැදගත් වන තොරතුරු ටිකක් ලැබුනා. රජක කුලය, රදා කුලය හේන කුලය , රජක කුලය, ඩොබී කුලය, පේඩි කුලය යනුවෙනුත් හඳුන්වනවා.ඔවුන් ගේ පටබැඳිනාම පේඩි, පේඩියා, චාකාලි, හේනයා වෙනවා. රජක කුලයේ සාමාජිකයෝ විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් අටවන වීර පරාක්‍රමබාහු රජු කාලේ ඉන්ඳියාවෙන් එනවා. […]

By: Patrick J. Kiger Courtesy History.com Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. There is a long history of research experiments to generate earthquakes, tsunamis and climate disasters. As Partick J. Kiger wrote Between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 23 nuclear weapons on the tiny, remote ring of islands that […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan Eelam is mentioned in the very oldest Babylonian inscriptions. Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of the Eelamitic territory, and […]

Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world […]

By Ama H. Vanniarachchy Courtesy CEYLON TODAY. Sri Lanka’s rich archaeological heritage is under serious threat, according to a recent research report titled Analytical Report on the Protection and Conservation of the Archaeological Heritage of National Importance of Sri Lanka – Volume I.”Sponsored by the Bauddhaloka Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd., this extensive report that covers eight […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Paharpur Buddha Vihara, Bangladesh: Pic: Abdul Momin Colombo, September 15: Sri Lanka and Bengal have links going back to Prince Vijaya who came to Sri Lanka from Bengal with his retinue in 543 BC and established the island’s first dynasty that ruled for 609 years. But Buddhism became an important strand in […]

Anjana Basu  Courtesy Outlook India With ‘Ravana’s Lanka,’ Sunela Jayewardene transforms the mythical past of Sri Lanka into a tangible, vivid exploration of history and legend. Ravana’s Lanka: The landscape of a lost kingdom Photo: Penguin Vintage Book – Ravana’s Lanka: The landscape of a lost kingdom Author – Sunela Jayewardene Publisher – Penguin Vintage INR […]

Courtesy Sri Lanka Travel The life of Ravana, one of the most powerful beings ever to roam the universe, if Hindu legends are to be believed, had unfolded in the small island Sri Lanka, where he ruled with mighty power over gods, humans and demons. Valmiki’s Ramayana paint Ravana as a tyrant of mighty power […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena There are books written on history, economics, and wars. But the book written and published by Dr. Thomas Jeyendran (BA (Hons), MBA, Cert. Ed, DBA, FCMI, FIC) ‘The EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY IN CEYLON AND BEYOND’ includes the story of the development of International Trade over the years, The Battles for Trincomalee and HMS Trincomalee. I […]

L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, L.K.N. PERERA ( LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Ex Judicial Officer, Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association , Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairman- Seruvila Mangala Maha Chaityawardena Samitiya . Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Commissioner of Aragalaya […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බුදුන් වහන්සේ උපන් ස්ථානය  හබරණ, හිරිවඩුන්න විහාරස්ථානයේ බෝධිය අසල බවට ඇතැමුන් පවසන කතාව සනාථ කිරීම සඳහා කිසිඳු පුරාවිද්‍යාත්මක සාක්ෂියක් හමුවී නොමැති බව පුරාවිද්‍යාඥයෝ හෙළිදරව් කරති. 2018 දී පමණ පුරාවිද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාජල්වරයා මෙවැනි මතයක් සමාජය තුළ පැතිරයන හෙයින් මේ පිළිබඳව සත්‍ය අසත්‍යතාව පුරාවිද්‍යා කැණීම් හා සාක්ෂි මගින් තහවුරු කරගන්නා ලෙස දන්වා තිබූ […]

TTD Knowledge රාවණ ඉතිහාසය ගැන රාවණා රජතුමාගේ උපතේ ඉඳන් රාම රාවණ යුද්දේ අවසානය වෙනකන් අපි වීඩියෝ දහයක සීරිස් එකකින් කතා කළා. මට ගොඩක් අය මැසේජ් දාලා කමෙන්ට් දාලා තිබ්බා මේ සම්පූර්ණ කතාවම එක වීඩියෝ එකකින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න කියලා එයාලට තේරුම් ගන්න ලේසි වෙන්න. ඉතින් මට හිතුනා මේ රාවණ ශිෂ්ටාචාරය සම්පූර්ණ කථාව එක දිගට පිළිවෙලට ඔයාලට […]

TTD Knowledge මේ චැනල් එකෙන් අපි උත්සාහ ගන්නේ ඒ අවුරුදු පන්දාහකට වඩා පැරණි අතීතයේ ගැන සාක්ෂි ඔයාලට ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නයි.

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Courtesy Adaderana April 22, 2024   09:42 pm A historic milestone in the Indo-Sri Lankan cultural and religious bond was marked yesterday (21) with the official launch of the ‘Sri Ramayan Trails’ project at Taj Samudra in Colombo, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.  This initiative aims to bolster the country’s tourism industry by leveraging cutting-edge […]

Palitha Mapatuna It is noted that a person, who describes himself as Kleppe Ariyamagga, has taken upon himself the task of ‘rectifying’ some alleged errors which, according to him (and some others like him) are found in the long accepted history of Sri Lanka, especially in its Buddhist history. Now, the fundamental question is whether […]

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer. Frederick North, the first British Governor of Ceylon Colombo, March 31: The British conquest of Ceylon from the Dutch in 1796 did not result in the wholesale dismissal of Dutchmen from the various institutions of the government. And the British too found it convenient to employ them. The reasons for employing the […]

BY ADELINE LEONG courtesy The Rakyatpost   Researchers found a 1,200-year-old Buddhist stupa including two Buddha stucco statues in good condition in Malaysia’s Bujang Valley. Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. If you thought everything in Bujang Valley was destroyed, you were right until now. In August 2023, a team of 11 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The finds included the archaeological remains of ponds and several buildings which were indicative of a sophisticated society in Polonnaruwa area Archaeologists carrying out excavations in the historic Polonnaruwa city have found evidence of a civilization that dates back to a period before the Polonnaruwa period recorded in history.Prof. Prishantha Gunawardene […]

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Palitha Mapatuna It is evident that a recent claim is being made by some that the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, delivered his teaching and passed away in Sri Lanka. However, evidence seems to strongly indicate that the Buddha was born outside Sri Lanka (most probably in Lumbini in the country known today as Nepal) and that […]

Ama H. Vanniarachchy Courtesy Ceylon Today By Ama H. Vanniarachchy The recently-discovered Dimbulagala Rock Inscription became immensely popular in the country due to many reasons. It was instantly labelled by media as the, ‘largest inscription found in Sri Lanka’, and, ‘difficult to read and interpret’.  Accepting many of these ‘lucrative’ claims at face value social […]

Courtesy Hiru News The National Physical Planning Department has designated 11 temples of significant archaeological, historical, and sacred importance as Sacred Sites in the Government Gazette. These areas, now recognized as sacred sites, had their respective documents submitted to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (15), presided over by Mr. Saman Ekanayake, the Secretary to the President. […]

MythVision Podcast In the annals of history, few figures command as much reverence and mystique as Moses, the prophet who, according to tradition, liberated the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and received the Ten Commandments atop Mount Sinai. But what if the tales surrounding this monumental figure were not entirely rooted in reality? Dive deep with […]

Courtesy Arkeonews Archaeologists discovered the largest inscription ever found in Sri Lanka. The largest inscription ever discovered in Sri Lanka was found at the ruins of the Dimbulagala monastery, dating back to the early second century BC. This discovery was made by officers attached to the Inscriptions Section of the Archeology Department Head Office and the Polonnaruwa […]