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Item කරගම්පිටිය විහාර චිත්ර(සුභෝධාරාම පුරාණ මහා විහාරය දෙහිවල, 2012) 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 Sigiriya: Notes on the Conjectural Reconstruction of the Palace and the Lion Staircase(Neptune Publication, 2010) Bandaranayake, SenakeItem Morphometric and morphological analysis of prehistoric skeletal remains excavated from Pothana, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka(Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011) Chandimal, K.M.; Yasawardene, S.G.; Adikari, G.Pothana-Sigiriya, a prehistoric Mesolithic heritage site in Sri Lanka has yielded three human skeletons dating back to 4500-5000 BC according to radiocarbon (C14) dating. The detailed morphometric and morphological analysis was performed on human skeletons excavated from Pothana, Sigiriya and presently displayed at National Museum Sri Lanka, Sigiriya Museum and at Osteology laboratory, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), University of Kelaniya. The skeleton at National Museum with less prominent superciliary arches, the medium sized mastoid process, less prominent muscle attachment sites over the cranium and wide sciatic notch of the pelvic bone was comparable with that of females. The estimated age was around 25–35 years considering the complete eruption of all 3 molars and the wearing pattern. The skeleton presently at the Sigiriya museum with prominent morphological features of highly robust, heavy, prominent muscle attachment sites, the large mastoid process, highly marked superciliary arches, prominent external occipital protuberance and narrow sciatic notch of the pelvic bone was comparable with that of males. Since all three molars were fully erupted and showed no signs of wearing on their occlusal surfaces, the estimated age was around 25–30 years. The cranium displayed at PGIAR is probably female according to observed small size of the mastoid processes. The age and stature estimation was not possible as the available teeth were mineralized and limb bones were not available. Using the measured lengths of restored long bones and applying regression formulae of Trotter & Gleser (1952) and Krogman (1962), the reconstructed height of the extinct female and male is 170 cm and 173.61 cm respectively. This estimated height is more than the mean height of the present day population (164.6 cm and 151.3 cm for males and females reported in Priyanga et al. 2010). The current study confirms reports by Kennedy (1965) that with the male being 164.70 cm and the female 164 cm, Balangoda man was taller than the mean height of the modern Sri Lankan population. This contrasts with the reconstructed mean height of males 140.05 cm of Bellan bandi pallassa skeletal remains as reported by Kanthilatha 2008.Item A study of dancing figures in low country late historical paintings(The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2014) Sudasinghe, A.U.; Hettige, UdaItem Dancing costumes on the timber paintings in the Karagampitiya temple sermon hall (Dharma mandapaya)(The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2015) Hettige, Uda; Sudasinghe, A.U.Item පුරාණ දෘශ්ය කලාවේ බෞද්ධ සන්නිවේදනය(Ministry of Cultural and Arts, 2012) Hettige, Uda