Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • Brick made arched bridges, culverts, tunnels along the Railways in 19th century Sri Lanka 
    Manatunga, S.B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In ancient times European Countries usually added arch shapes for their religious buildings palaces, and forts. In the first half of the 19th Century, Britain was using the arch to make roadways buildup bridges, tunnels, ...
  • Chumadutangi (Load Bearing Stone) and Pedestrian Transportation in Kerala, India 
    Sasidharan, A.G. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Chumadutangi (Load Bearing Stone) is a bulky stone bench like structure used for supporting the weight of head loads while transporting from one place to another. They were constructed for the comfort of the pedestrian ...
  • Wheeled Vehicle Toys of the Indus Civilization with Special Reference to Gujarat, India 
    Vasantha, R.S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Terracotta toy cart frames and wheels provide indirect evidence for the origin and development of wheeled carts based transportation in the alluvial plains of Pakistan and western India around 3500 BC. Evidences from various ...
  • Beginning and Expansion of Transport in the Human Society 
    Udayakanthi, T.G.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Within human Social evolution, social development link with transport. Accordingly, transport means the mobilization of living and non-living goods from one place to another. The main service of a mode of transport is to ...
  • 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    Historical information about the ancient road network of Sri Lanka is restricted to random records encountered in historical documents and information recorded as a result of research carried out during the British ...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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • An Odyssey of Indian Railways through Cinematic Lens 
    Condra, R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Cinema is related to trains from the time of its inception. Both inventions brought world closer and introduced newer aspects of modern world to mankind. They are more than century old and have heritage status. Trains shown ...
  • Rickshaw Art as a means of Social Communication: Bangladesh Perspective 
    Rahman, H.; Hossain, J (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Rickshaw is a major vehicle for transportation in order to travel short distances in Bangladesh. It exhibits different artistic views and paintings that bear the messages of the famous history and culture of Bengal. Rickshaw ...
  • Impact of Ancient Routes on the Society in Madhya Pradesh 
    Kumar, L.; Khanday, D.A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Madya Pradesh in India is prominent due to its most significant Buddhist remains including monuments and sculptures. Since ancient times, the centers of Buddhism were approachable from all major directions. The present ...
  • Evaluations of Motor Transport law in Sri Lanka 
    Kottahachchi, K.C. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transport was an important aspect of the day today life of the ancient Sri Lankans. Since ancient times different transport facilities were used and available for the king, higher officers and the general public too. The ...
  • Identification of the Buddhist Temple Paintings Depicting the Features Conjoined to the Early–Modern Transport System 
    Kodithuwakku, K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Different kinds of carts and chariots have been added to the transport system in the course of history and they can be identified among the Buddhist temple paintings in Sri Lanka, particularly in the low-country. Among ...
  • Kelani Valley (KV Line) Railway Line: Lost Railway lines in Sri Lanka 
    Widyarathne, S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The 19the Century was destined to be an era which evoked a profound socio-economic transformation in Sri Lanka. The expansion of plantation agriculture, development of road ways inside the island and later railway lines ...
  • Tracing the Tracks: Road, Road Culture, and Romance in the Sangam Tamilnadu 
    Vijailakshmi, U.R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Microhistory in a sense, captures the life of ordinary people during extraordinary circumstances or during macro-historical events. The purpose of this paper is to bring out the life style of the Sangam Tamils through the ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Evolution of the Railway Transportation Devices in Sri Lanka: with refer to the Design Applicability and Usability for Appropriate Product Design 
    Thilakarathna, K.C.M.; Ranasinghe, W.M.N.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Sri Lanka’s rail transportation was pioneered and developed by the Britishers after capturing the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. England was where the railway transportation emerged as a viable solution to all hindrances in ...
  • Evolution of the Railway Transportation Devices in Sri Lanka: with refer to the Design Applicability and Usability for Appropriate Product Design 
    Thilakarathna, K.C.M.; Ranasinghe, W.M.N.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Sri Lanka’s rail transportation was pioneered and developed by the Britishers after capturing the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. England was where the railway transportation emerged as a viable solution to all hindrances in ...
  • Transportation and the Socio-economic Development of Poona 
    Dasture, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transportation has continually played an essential part in the vicissitudes and vagaries that occurred in the life of man since ages. Man, was the first means of conveyance, followed by the sledge and the wheel, which ...

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