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Item The Sculpture of Polonnaruwa(Godage International Publishers (Pvt) Ltd, 2007) Basnayake, H. T.; Hettige, UdaItem Traditional Methods and Techniques of Food Preservation in Ancient Sri Lanka(Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2005) Hettige, UdaItem The Sculpture of Polonnaruwa(S. Godage International Bool Publishers, 2007) Hettige, UdaItem කරගම්පිටිය විහාර චිත්ර(සුභෝධාරාම පුරාණ මහා විහාරය දෙහිවල, 2012) Hettige, UdaItem Polonnaruwa Civilization(S. Godage International Book Publishers, 2007) Basnayake, H.T.; Hettige, UdaItem Aesthetic traditions: a case study of paintings in Subodharama image house(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2015) Hettige, Uda; Sudasinghe, A.Situated in Dehiwla, the Subodharama temple which is also known as "Little Kelaniya" has a collection of paintings that date back to over 300 years. This temple is also famous for art, statues and mosaic art and it is beli eved th at in 1780 A.O. during the Kandian period, King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe has sponsored to build this temple. The most important paintings of this collection are found in Image-house (Shrine room). The objective of this study was to examine the musical instruments and dancing figures with special emphasis on style, European cultural and social influence, Sri Lankan traditional cultural and social influence. In addition to archeological evidence, data was collected .from field observations and personal interviews and analysis was based on qualitative research methodology in order to compare each costumes and figure forms. The data revealed an influence of Sri Lankan, Tamil, and European cultural influences where these paintings reveal the history of civilization and the cultural belonging. Furthermore, it was apparent that the instruments and classical dance forms revealed through these paintings are associated with the performance of various rituals and ceremonies which date back to the folk religion and beliefs some going as far as before the advent and acceptance of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.Item Past, Present and Future of Hamilton Canal(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2015) Hettige, Uda; Sudasinghe, A.The greatness of the irrigation systems of Sri Lanka is summed up in the book "History of Ceylon". Accordingly, during colonial period in Sri Lanka, especi ally in the Portuauese Era when new canals were constructed. Th e purpose of th e b original waterways was to transport goods to seafaring ships leaving from the port of Negombo; the cargoes consisting of precious stones, pearls a nd spices, cloves, cardamoms, pepper and above all, cinnamon. In Dutch Era, th ey expanded the canal system but some canals remain unfinished. During British Era, which is in the . beginning of nineteenth century, they completed construction of canals which were not completely built during Dutch Era . Some can~ls were expanded and some canals were newly built. The Hamilton Canal was built by Gavin Hamilton, Agent Revenue Commerce, Colombo. Hamilton Canal links the Kelani River with the Negombo lagoon. There was a boat system called "Padda boats" which were used to transport the goods in colonial Sri Lanka. Eventully, Hamilton cannel was no longer used but it has now been reconstructed in a modern way. It is now capable of attracting tourists, thus boat rides; water jets have been introduced. In this research we discuss the discovery of Hamilton canal, historical evidence on this canal, how to attract local and foreign tourist by introducing Boat Houses instead of Hotels, use modern barges to transport goods and use public boats to transport people. The objective of this study was to examine the history, heritage and to use it for tourism and as a transport. In this research we collected different data such as written documents on ancient irrigation work in Ceylon by R. L. Brohier, Muthuraja Wela by Abeysekara Henry P. and documents from Irrigation Department. We observed plans, maps and visual data for the research. As field data, we took photos and personal interviews from the elderly residents and analysis was based on qualitative research method. Further, we were able to find a very clear collection of photos of Hamilton cannel.Item ශ්රී ලංකාවේ චිත්ර කලාවේ බෞද්ධ අනන්යතාවය(සමාජීය විද්යා පීඨය, 2015) Hettige, UdaItem Traditional Methods and Systems Associated with the Paddy Cultivation in Ancient Sri Lanka(2005) Hettige, UdaSri Lanka being an agricultural country from time immemorial definitely possessed various methodological and technological systems to promote, nourish, protect and safeguard their cultivations. At the outset it is necessary to analyse the climatic and environmental factors that prevailed in the island of Sri Lanka. This island is situated in the Monsoon region which provides seasonal rains during certain months of the year. The rest of the year, at times brings drought ,vhich dries up almost all the water sources in certain areas of the island. In ancient Sri Lanka the early agricultural settlers (Harris, D.R. 1969) preferred to set up their settlements in the dry zone, because these areas provided flat lands (Siri,veera I , 1990) and less forests. Ho,vever the main probiem they had to face in this area was the non-availability of sufficient ,vater for their cultivation. (Brohier, R.L. 1989) Since there are no rivers in Sri Lanka which provide a perennial ,vater supply for the entire year, farmers had to depend on reservoirs built for s toring ,vater for agricultural needs. Hence a system of irrigation had to be devised in order to carry out the agricultural activities (Chang T.T. 1989).Item A study of dancing figures in low country late historical paintings(The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2014) Sudasinghe, A.U.; Hettige, Uda
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