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A Study of Vevalketiya Slab Inscription from the Perspectives of Penal Laws of Sri Lanka - A Comparative Legal Analysis

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dc.contributor.author Goonaratne, R.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-04T09:43:43Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-04T09:43:43Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Goonaratne, R. (2018). A Study of Vevalketiya Slab Inscription from the Perspectives of Penal Laws of Sri Lanka - A Comparative Legal Analysis. 19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p130 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/19328
dc.description.abstract The concepts of crime and punishment have been in existence since the dawn of the human cavillation. Sri Lanka is not an exception to this phenomenon as her rich history spanning more than two thousand five hundred years of written records provides a plenty of information as to the penal laws and punishments methods applied in the ancient times. A crime means deviant behavior which causes harm to other person’s body, property etc. In ancient Sri Lanka similar to the modern day penal laws, there has been a system of laws to forbid certain acts as crimes and also a system of imposing punishments to the proven offenders. The Penal Laws and punishments that existed during the ancient times in Sri Lanka are recorded in a number of sources including stone inscriptions or epigraphic records. For example, Kondavattavan inscription of King Dappula IV, Thimbirivava Pillar inscription of Kashyapa IV, Kirigalvava inscription of Udaya II and Vevalketiya inscription of Mahinda IV provide ample evidence as to the penal laws and punishment system that was in force in Sri Lanka in the ancient times. The object of this paper is to study the Vevalketiya slab inscription. This inscription in considered the Penal Code of the ancient time. Accordingly, in this research, I intend to study; The concept of crime and punishment enshrined in the Vevalketiya slab inscription and To compare these crimes with the Penal Code of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher 19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Crime en_US
dc.subject Punishment en_US
dc.subject Penal Laws en_US
dc.subject Inscription en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title A Study of Vevalketiya Slab Inscription from the Perspectives of Penal Laws of Sri Lanka - A Comparative Legal Analysis en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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