International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature: Recent submissions

  • Elephant Images in the Art and Graphic Designs of Colonial Sri Lanka 
    Kodithuwakku, K.; Withanachchi, C.R. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Use of the image of elephant in various artifacts of Sri Lanka can be traced in the various periods of Sri Lankan history. The objective of this paper is to explore into the use of the elephant image in art and graphic ...
  • Bishnupur Terracotta Temples and the Representation of Elephants as Panel Work: An Evaluation 
    Chatterjee, S. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Bishnupur, the medieval temple town in West Bengal has the concentration of a large group of terracotta temples that were constructed during the Malla regime in adherence to the new religious ideology of Vaisihnavism. The ...
  • Non-Human Citizens: Circus Elephants and Indian Law 
    Rayaroth, N.P. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Like the poignant journey of Solomon, the Asian elephant in Jose Saramago’s wonderful novel, The Elephant’s Journey, I hope to chronicle some significant historical moments from the trails and travails of Indian circus ...
  • Elephant Motifs on Indian Coins and its Significance 
    Condra, R. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Significance of Elephants and their Motif: Elephant is regarded as the mount of Kings in India. It is a devastating weapon of war and could be symbolised as God of warriors. It is also a sign of wealth and power and denotes ...
  • The Close Relationship between the Tusker and Buddhism 
    Bandara, D.J.M.R.V. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Asian elephants are long-lived mammals who live for sixty years. They are highly intelligent and also extremely sociable and stay in groups. These mammals have a close relationship with humans for over centuries serving ...
  • Elephants: All Immanent in Indian Temple Art 
    Adhikari, S.M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Nature provides feelings to human mind. Art is the reflection of feelings which germinates in the embryo of nature. Indian civilization has its own way of artistic expression which can be seen in Indian temples; both in ...
  • Causes for the Rude Behavior of Elephants in and around the Yala National Park: Block-1 
    Isthikar, M.A.M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sri Lankan elephants (elphahasmaximusmaximus) need free natural habitats for their natural way of life. Innocent elephants have adopted rude behaviour as their self defence mechanism because of unethical human practices.The ...
  • Elephants in Rashtrakutas Art, Architecture and Literature: A Brief Study 
    Sweta (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The elephant had been an integral part of Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta (AD 753-982) Art, culture and heritage. The Rashtrakutas most remarkable temples are Kailashnath Temple (ellora), Jain group of temples (ellora), Kashi ...
  • How does the Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka Encourage the Elephant Commercialization? 
    Gunasekara, I. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Tourism is an industry where everything could be converted into a profit. There are numerous concepts and attractions which introduced ultimately, to meet various types of travel expectations. People travel for many ...
  • Elephants and Ivory Objects in Foreign Trade of India in Ancient Times: From Curios to Commodity 
    Trivedi, S. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Foreign trade of India during the ancient period has been subjected to a newer kind of scrutiny in recent times. Nature of trade is probed not only to assess the financial aspect of trade, but more importantly, to evaluate ...
  • Elephants their Habitats: Uses and Maintenance in Medieval India 
    Khan, E. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The growth of objective pictures of birds and animals, plants and flowers, etc., during the sixteenth-seventeenth century reflects the passion of the Mughal emperors for nature and wild life. Akbar had as many as 101 ...
  • Elephant Taxidermy in Sri Lanka 
    Kothalawala, C. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    From ancient times, elephants have engaged with our cultural and nature activities. Elephants are used to carry logs and to shift heavy materials. In ancient times, there was no machinery in Sri Lanka. People used elephants ...
  • Elephants and Kingship: A Study of the Arthaśāstra 
    Mandal, K.K. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Taxation system and standing army are two important sources of Indian kingship. One cannot imagine a state without taxation system and standing army. In any case the maintenance of a large professional army was made because ...
  • Significance, Symbolism and Representation of Elephants in Gandhara Buddhist Art 
    Anwar, N. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Elephant being the symbol of stature, prosperity, wisdom and dominance is the most represented animal in the antiquity of South Asia. Since the dawn of Bronze Age, the depictions of elephants remained the choice of artists ...
  • Relationship between Elephant Figure and Hydrostatic Principle of Eth Pahana in Dedigama 
    Udayakumari, P.A.N. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Eth Pahana or Elephant Lamp in Dedigama belongs to the 12th century A.D. Two of these lamps similar in design were found buried in the relic chamber of the Sutighara Cetiya in Dedigama. A figure of an elephant carrying a ...
  • Dutch Colonial Memories on Sri Lankan Elephants 
    Wijesuriya, B. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    During the period in which the Dutch East India Company (DEIC) ruled over the coastal region of Sri Lanka, it dispatched the officials to the Island to serve in the Dutch territory. Among the officials so dispatched, the ...
  • Elephants in South-East Asian Rock Art, an Overview 
    Tan, N.H. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This paper presents a survey of elephant depictions in Southeast Asian rock art, which, as a class of archaeological material remains relatively unstudied in the region. Elephants have been depicted in rock art in many ...
  • Challenges Facing Preservation and Conservation of Asian Elephants 
    Abeysinghe, A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Asian Elephants face near extinction in every place they exist; they lose their struggle for survival due to human-elephant conflicts, lack of food and water for survival, ivory poaching and illegal capture of them for ...
  • Vaprakrīḍā: A Playful Butting of Elephants 
    Prabhudesai, A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    ‘Vaprakrīḍā’ is the word used in ancient Sanskrit literature for the playful butting of elephants against mounds. ‘Vaprakriyā’ or ‘Utkhātakeli’ are the other words used for the same act. Kalidāsa’s Raghuvaṁśam and Meghadūtam ...
  • Role of Hastyadhyakṣa in Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra 
    Hota, K.N. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In Kauṭilya’s administration the King was the Head of State and he appointed officials through a stringent procedure of selection, and only the deserving ones were finally selected and appointed by him for different ...

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