Gunawardana, V.D.N.S.
(UGC-SAP National Seminar on Social Cultural Transformations in Early South India, School of Social Sciences and International studies, Department of History, Pondicherry University India, 2010)
The ancient Sinhales are responsible for introducing the concept of hospitals to the world. According to the Mahavamsa, written in the 6th century A.C. King pandukabhaya (4th century B.C) had lying in homes and hospitals ...