CONTENTS
Contributors Sirinimal Lakdusinghe - An Introductory Note Curriculam Vitae of Sirinimal Lakdusinghe A Bibliography of the Published Works of Sirinimal Lakdusinghe
PART I: IDEOLOGY, PLANNING STRATEGY AND STATE MODELLING
01. SIGIRIYA: NOTES ON THE CONJECTURAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PALACE AND THE LION STAIRCASE 25 Senake Bandaranayake
02. WAS THE PERIPHERAL ZONE OF ANURADHARAPURA LINKED WITH THE CITY CENTRE ? 41 Prishanta Gunawardhana
03. SEARCHING FOR KAPILAVASTU 55 R. A. E. Coningham, K. P. Acharya, Armin Schmidt and B. Bidari
04. MAGAMA THE ANCEINT CAPITAL OF RUHUNA 67 Nimal de Silva
05. FROM VILLAGE TO STATE: MODELLING FOOD CONSUMPTION AND IDEOLOGICAL CHANGE AT ANURADHAPURA, SRI LANKA 81 Ruth Young and R. A. E. Coningham
06. THE 'ROHANA MAHAMAGA': THE SOUTHERN HIGHWAY IN ANCIENT SRI LANKA 93 P. Vidanapathirana
PART II: HUMAN PAST, FAUNAL REMAINS AND CULTURAL PROCESS
07. FAUNAL RESOURCES UTILIZATION PATTERN FROM PRE-URBAN PHASE TO URBAN PHASE IN LOWER KIRINDI OYA BASIN 101 Gamini Adikari
08. MEGALITHIC BURIALS AND ANURADHAPURA 117 Melathi Saldin
09. PREHISTORIC BONE ARTEFACTS IN SRI LANKA 131 W. H. Wijayapala
10. THE EXTINCT BIG CATS (FELIDAE) OF SRI LANKA 137 Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi
11. CHRONOLOGY AND CULTURE - HISTORY IN THE INDUS VALLEY 145 Mark Manuel 12. FERTILITY CULT THAT EXISTED IN SRI LANKA BEFORE THE ADVENT OF BUDDHISM 153 Senarath Dissanyake
13. THE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY RECORDED IN HISTORY: THE FOUNDATION - LAYING CEREMONY OF THE MAHATHUPA 157 A.V.Suraweera
PART III: KNOWLEDGE, LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY
14. LIBRARIES OF A YESTER-ERA 165 Roland Silva
15. SLUICE TECHNOLOGY IN ANCIENT SRI LANKAN RESERVOIRS: THE BISOKOTUWA SLUICE 175 B. H. M. W. Bohingamuwa
16. VOC MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN THE SPHERE OF EDUCATION IN THE DUTCH TERRITORY OF SRI LANKA: 1658-1796 191 Buddhini Wijesuriya
17. TRACING THE BUDDHIST ANCESTRY OF KERALA 199 K. Krishnan, B.R Mani and Smitha S. Kumar
18. USE OF NUMERALS IN EARLY BRAHMI INSCRIPTIONS OF SRI LANKA 207 Prashantha Perera
19. THE SRI LANKA NATIONAL MUSEUM LOGO 213 Ranjith Hewage
20. THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE OF PANSALGODALLA - POLONNARUVA 217 Yamuna Herath
PART IV: THEORY, PRACTICE AND MATERIAL SYMBOLS
21. SYNCRETISTIC ICONS OF HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM 225 Leelananda Prematilleke 22. THE APSARAS OF POLITICAL PROMISES: A RE-READING OF THE MEANING AND FUNCTION OF 5TH CENTURY APSARA MURALS AT SIGIRIYA 231 Jagath Weerasinghe
23. PETIKADA: SRI LANKAN PAINTINGS ON CLOTH 241 Albert Dharmasiri
24. PETROGLYPHS OF URAKANDA SRI LANKA: A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT 247 Jayampath Senanayake and Umanga Roshani Rammungoda
25. SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE UNIFICATION OF SIVA AND PARVATI BRONZES BY SIRINIMAL LAKDUSINGHE 255 Arjuna Thantilage 26. BUDDHIST THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THRONE WORSHIP AND THE THRONE SHRINE IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA 259 Chandra Wickramagamage
27. HINDU BRONZES FROM JETAVANARAMAYA, ANURADHAPURA: BRONZES FROM JETAVANA 1984-CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISCOVERY 263 Hema Ratnayake
PARTV: ECOLOGY, NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PATTERN
28. GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SOUTH ASIA 285 Armin Schmidt and R. A. E. Coningham
29. HOLE IN THE WHORL IN ACAVUS SPECIES; AN ECOLOGICAL FICTION BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 291 Wasantha S. Weliange
30. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF SRI LANKA 303 Pathmakumara Jayasingha
31. EARLY HISTORIC ECOLOGY AND THE ROCK CUT - CAVES OF WESTERN INDIA 315 Shreekant Jadhav
32. HORTON PLAINS - AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE 321 T. R. Premathilake
33. GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ARTEFACTS IN SRI LANKA: EVIDENCE FROM THE ABHAYAGIRI VLHARA, ANURADHAPURA 327 Jinadasa Katupotha PART VI: CULTURAL RESOURCES, INDIGENOUS VOICES AND MODERNIZATION
34. SOCIAL STATUS OF SRI LANKAN VEDDAS: (ON THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES) 335 Harendralal Namalgamuwa
35. PROSPECTS FOR INDIGENOUS ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKA 343 Herath Madana Bandara
36. SOME ISSUES REGARDING THE PRESERVATION OF MANUSCRIPTS IN ASIA 349 O. P. Agrawal
37. THE TECHNIQUE OF SIGIRIYA PAINTINGS: FRESCO OR TEMPERA 361 Nanda Wickramsinghe
38. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN HERITAGE MANAGEMENT OF HISTORIC CITIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 367 Chithra Dambadeniarachchi
39. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH PROCEDURE 376 P. B. Mandawala 40. CONSERVATION OF THE HARISCHANDRA BUILDING: AN EXPERIMENT IN PROMOTING ADAPTIVE RE-USE OF A COLONIAL ERA BUILDING WITHIN THE CORE HERITAGE ZONE OF ANURADHAPURA 387 Nilan Cooray PART VII: TRADE, MONETARY SYSTEM AND MILITARY
41. NANADESI WARRIORS IN THE COLA ARMY IN SRI LANKA: THE SLAB INSCRIPTION OF THE AINNURUVAR FROM ATARAGALA 405 S. Pathmanathan
42. STUDY OF A HOARD OF PUNCH MARKED COINS FOUND AT MIRIGAMA, (NOW STORED IN THE COLOMBO MUSEUM) 415 Senarath Wickramasinghe
43. THE SYUDY AND WRITING OF MILITARY HISTORY OF SRI LANKA : A WAKE UP CALL 429 Karunaratne Wijethunga
44. INSCRIPTIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE ANCIENT SOCIETY OF BELIYAKANDA- SRI LANKA 439 K.A.S. Namal
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