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was a well organized industry at that time. Even the inscriptions written more than 2250 years ago mention about those who were ...

Map 4.1 Old commercial cities and ports Nilawalathiththa ...

The Tamil inscriptions, found in Sri Lanka, which belonged to the period from the 11th century to the 13th century A.D., mention ...

Illustration 4.2. The Bhikkus stayed in the cave monasteries, offered by the Buddhist followers and devotees, from early time of ...

stay, natural caves were cleaned and offered them to Bhikkus. More than 1600 caves offered in such a way to Bhikkus can be seen ...

named as ‘Sadivihariya’ or ‘Saddi Viharika’. The meaning of that term is ‘one who lives close by’. Until the Thripitaka (three s ...

Fig.4.6 An ancient Shiva Devala in Polonnaruwa. There lived a considerable number of Tamil people close to the main harbours of ...

Fig. 4.8 Sigiri nymphs painted on the walls of Sigiriya Rock: These paintings depict the nature of art prevailed in the royal pa ...

main educational centres. The scholarly monks who stayed in them were fully conversant not only with the languages such as Sinha ...

Maladama Gene Visira Biyapath Ve Apa Beyanda Negiye Translation: The song is written By Vajra Aggabodhi monk When climbing this ...

provided much assistance for their welfare and protection. Our citizens used to work amicably not only with the Tamils, but also ...

Padhanaghara – These were ancient buildings used by the Buddhist monks to be engaged in deep meditations. The Padhanagharas were ...

5. The Ancient Science and Technology in Sri Lanka Introduction Science is understanding and interpreting the elements that affe ...

Clay Tub Burials Clay Tub burials were made to cremate the dead people. They were made up in the shape of a huge basin or a boat ...

it gets red colour outside and black inside. Inside of it turns dark because it does not get enough oxygen to be burnt since it ...

Fig. 5.1 In the place where foreign engineers recommended to construct the sluice gate of the present day Maduru Oya dam, a slui ...

pieces of stones in a way in which it began from the area where water is filled in the tank bund and going under the tank bund o ...

water pressure generated naturally is to change the diameter of the holes in the stone splinter, which has been fixed to the pla ...

Fig. 5.2. There was a road system stretching from Anuradhapura at that time. The road engineers of that time built bridges out o ...

Fig. 5.3. The technology of melting iron has been mastered by the artisans of our country from ancient time. Archaeologists have ...