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  • Transport systems in the ancient society revealed through the Sri Lankan paintings 
    Nishanthi, M. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    It is possible to understand how old society was, by studying paintings. The main purpose of this phenomenon is to study the transport methods used to travel in ancient society. Prehistoric paintings and paintings found ...
  • When have you shed tears for them? 
    Bandyopadhyay, N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Freight and people movement have been important factors for economic systems from ancient times to the modern globalized world. Utilizing available technology and resources initially with land animalsand wind for maritime ...
  • Usage of Stone in Road-Building: An Industrial Archaeological Perspective 
    Kodithuwakku, K.; Withanachchi, C.R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Stone is a prominent geo-material used for various necessities in the evolution of human culture for quite a long time. The usage of stone in the history of road-building has been in practice sincecirca 4thand 5th century ...
  • Highway system in Ancient Sri Lanka 
    Vidanapathirana, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Historical information about the ancient road network of Sri Lanka is restricted to random records encountered in historical documents and information recorded as a result of research carried out during the British ...
  • The Journey from the Tongas to Trains 
    Radhakrishnan, I. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    This paper proposes to celebrate the first and only steam engine of South Asia, the NMR – Nilgiri Mountain Railway. There is an immediate need for the preservation of this Heritage icon of the Nilgiris Hills. An introduction ...
  • A Historical Study of Palanquin Traveling in Ancient Kandy kingdom in Sri Lanka 
    Yasarathna, H.B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Human transport is the oldest mode of carrying loads from one place to another. Not only carrying goods but also humans are used to carry human beings from one place to another in Palanquins. Travelling on the shoulders ...
  • Bulls, Bullocks and Bullock-Carts: Masculinity, Transport and Trade in Protohistoric and Historic South Asia 
    Dalal, K.F.; Raghavan, R.G. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Ever since the domestication of Bos indicus, the prime means of transportation and traction, and therefore the bulwark of carriage, haulage and transshipment of goods during the Protohistoric and Historic Periods in South ...
  • Images of road culture in paintings - Ethos of socio cultural space in colonial Calcutta 
    Dey, B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In the global context space, there is an abundant and increasing fascination for the painting as a tool for historical evidence of society. Presently metropolitan city of Kolkata in India has historical as well as colonial ...
  • Using neural networks for mobile applications: self-driving tourism 
    Abeysinghe, A.; Arundathie, Abeysinghe (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    At present, tourism and hospitality industries extensively makes use of Information Technology (IT) with the objective of reducing costs, improving operational competence as well as improving the quality of service provided ...
  • Travel routes in the interior of the Island: based on Davy’s An account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Land (1821) 
    Rathnabahu, R.M.N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    John Davy born on 24 May 1790 in Penzance, United Kingdom was not only a Physician of the armed forces of the British Ceylon during the 19th century but also an excellent scholar and traveler at the time. His excursions ...
  • Railway to the Sacred City and Pilgrims from the South: This presentation envisages the connection between building railways and pilgrimage to Anuradhapura 
    de Zoysa, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    From a larger research on the “Rediscovery of Anuradhapura” by the British Orientalists and its elevation from a “Buried City” to a “Holy City”, I wish to present how modern transport enhanced pilgrims to visit Anuradhapura ...
  • History of the Uva Railway from Peradeniya to Badulla The highest broad gauge line 
    Munasinghe, I. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The scope of this study includes a presentation of the development of the construction of the Uva railway from Peradeniya to Badulla during the period from 1872 to 1924. The construction of the Uva railway of 111 miles ...
  • The Road to Kandy: A bibliographical and historical study of Colonial and Post-Colonial accounts 
    Dehigama, K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    A considerable body of literature highlights that the survival of Kandyan Kingdom from western invasion was mainly caused by geographical barriers and ancient travel rules and procedures practiced. Thus, the construction ...
  • Transition of modes of transportation from pre-modern to modernized Ceylon; Representations in Murals of the Buddhist Image Houses of the Upcountry Kandyan and Low Country Maritime Regions 
    de Zoysa, A.; Dissanayake, G.R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Modernized Ceylon under Dutch and British occupation marks paradigm shifts of transportation in three phases: Elephant-Horse-Palanquin- Sailing Ships through Bullock Cart- Horse Drawn Carriage to Train-Automobile -Steam ...
  • Vintage cars a luxury in British Raj: a case study of different museum and private collections 
    Ahmad, A.; Kumar, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transport is a part of our day to day lives, and in seeing cars, everyone feels a connection and pride in owning it. In India the first car ran on roads in 1897. Prior to independence in the 1940s India had no automobile ...
  • Relic Shrines Pilgrimage 
    Kumar, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In the South Asian world, the first and second centuries CE gives a new dimension to Buddhism and its pilgrimage with the rise of Buddha image in human form. Whether the image originated in Mathura school of Art or Gandhara ...
  • A content audit of Transport related government websites in Sri Lanka 
    De Silva, A.P.U. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Today there is a new trend to develop websites for government institutes to distribute information to the general public. Besides, the concept of e-government and e- governance have become popular at present. But many ...
  • Conservation and preservation of locomotive heritage in Sri Lanka 
    Abeysinghe, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Travel and tourism is a large income generator in Sri Lanka. As such, train travel plays a significant role in promoting tourism, rendering tourists local and overseas an exceptional travelling experience as well as a ...
  • Road network in Jaffna peninsula During the early 20th century 
    Vettivelautham, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Reaching to a place or migrating to place to place is very common feature in the human life. The passage for human needs had caused gradually to find the route system in the past. The culture and civilizations were developed ...

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