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  • Heritage as a soft power: The effect of Pasan and Vyakûla Piransangam during the lent season of the Sri Lankan Catholic community 
    Weerakkody, I. S.; Tilakaratna, W. M. D. A. L. B.; Sri Palitha, G.A. C (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Catholic community of Sri Lanka have distinct cultural practices based on whether they are Sinhalese or Tamil by race. This research focuses on the villages of Doowa, Pitipana, Munnakkarei in the Gampaha District and ...
  • Heritage as a tool of diplomacy:A case study of Narendra Modi-XI Zingping Meet at Mahabalipuram 
    Sharma, Bhawna (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Diplomacy has to renovate its tools to be relevant from time to time. It has many traditional tools like negotiations, bargaining and the newly found tool of “Heritage-Meet” etc. The Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra ...
  • Heritage as soft power: A critical analysis of foreign policy of India 
    Keer, Renu (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become important as a tool of diplomacy for states as hard power. It promotes intercultural dialogue, which is essential to counter the multiple challenges to the ...
  • Heritage as soft power:Buddhist and Hindu heritage of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan 
    Shakirullah; Jan, Ihsanullah (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Pakistan is a rich country with diverse Archaeological and Cultural Heritage. Everywhere, heritage has a role in fixing the real identity of the soft power of a nation, era, region and especially of human society. Without ...
  • Heritage diplomacy along belt and road initiative: Sri Lanka’s role 
    Abeysinghe, Arundathie; Abeysinghe, Aditya (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    At present, preservation of cultural heritage is complex. There is also a major growth of international cooperation between countries in Asia regarding preservation of cultural heritage. China’s Belt and Road Initiative ...
  • Heritage dress reveals fashion ideologies: Elite change in the 19th century of Sri Lanka 
    Ranathunga, Gayathri Madubhani (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage as a social action is more concerned with practices. The premise of this paper is that heritage has always been with us and has always been produced by people according to their contemporary concerns and experiences. ...
  • Heritage enhancement, a soft power to handle with care 
    Delalande, Claire (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Is it possible to consider heritage enhancement as a soft power in the service of a population or a state? What benefits this usage could entail? What would be the drawbacks and drifts that could arise? Many questions ...
  • Heritage for education purposes: A case study of Taxila valley 
    Khan, Muhammad Ashraf (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Pakistan is a land of rich cultural heritage. It has an impressive architectural legacy spreading over a vast area and long tradition covering several periods from Mehr Garh to Indus Civilization and even to Gandhara ...
  • Heritage in contemporary visual Art: the legacy of Raja Ravi Varma 
    Singh, Madhulika (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Nehru reflecting on the cultural heritage stated that ‘Indian Art is intimately associated with Indian religion and philosophy’. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a strong connection was established between art ...
  • Heritage Management Plan of Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (Madhya Pradesh) with special reference to Disaster Risk Management 
    Kumar, V. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The world famous site of Bhimbetka lies about 45 km south east of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India and is spread with an aerial span of more than 8 km. Scholars have enumerated more than 700 rock shelters in these clusters ...
  • The Heritage of Indigenous Knowledge for Ecological Balance 
    Choudhary, P.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The religion in complex Society will help us to understand, how individual beings create solidarity in Society by inculcating and internalizing the belief system and ritual practices. The religion brings solidarity and ...
  • Heritage Tourism: Development of the Ramba Vihara Complex as a Tourist Attraction 
    Sumangala Thero, Pahiyangala; Rathnayake, M.V.R.M.S.; Jayathilaka, J.A.I. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Ramba Viharaya is situated in Ambalangoda, Hambanthota District. Large numbers of religious monuments have been spread over around this site. The problem of this study was “how to promote Ramba Viharaya as a tourist ...
  • Heritage Value of Ancient Jain Caves and Monasteries around Vaigai River of Madurai Region 
    Jain, S.A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    The recent excavation at Keeladi village on the Bank of Vaigai River in Madurai conducted by ASI has claimed that the settlement unearthed is more than 3000 years old as the archaeological evidences found are similar to ...
  • Heritage value of traditional board games 
    Balambal, V. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Games and sports are as old as our civilization. Those are considered as culture and many nations have accepted it as their cultural heritage. Culture shows the image of the nation. Games are the physical activities, which ...
  • Heritage Walks and Trails: The Monumental Mystique through the lanes of Delhi 
    Srivastava, M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Heritage is rooted in the language, customs and practices brought over from their respective countries of origin. To an extent one may agree with this as in spite of agreements amongst scholars on the definition of heritage, ...
  • 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 Historical Evolution of the Colombo: Galle (A2) Main Road 
    Gunarathna, N.U. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    A course/ path that is used for transportation between two or more pointsis known as a “Road”. Since the Anuradhapura Period, Sri Lankan Civilization had a road network that connected major cities with the Capital city. ...
  • Historical Importance of Ancient Hospital Complexes in Mädirigiriya and Ruwanwäliseya in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, N. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The Mädirigiriya hospital is situated in the Tamankaduwa area about forty six miles to the South East of Anurādhapura. The hospital complex of Ruwanwäliseya is situated near the stūpa of Ruwanwäliseya in the Anurādhapura ...
  • 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 ...
  • Historically valuable Dutch plate in the library of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura 
    Nishanthi, Menaka (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Dutch who arrived in Sri Lanka for the first time in 1602 AD were working to oust the Portuguese who were ruling the coastal provinces of Sri Lanka. At that time, the Portuguese were looking to take over the entire ...

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