History: Recent submissions

  • The ancient Medical Tradition in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (34th Annual International Conference, Social History Society University of Wat-wick, United Kingdom, 2009)
  • Historical Importace of the legend of Ramayana. <ihnui (The journey of Rama) 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (Proceedings ofthe AnnuaIResearch Symposium 2007 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2007)
  • Historical value of Dipavamsam 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2003 - Faculty ofGraduate Studies, University ofKelaniya, 2003)
  • The Trade and the Traders as depicted in Epigraphy in Ancient Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (22nd International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art (EASAA 2014) at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, Sweden, 2014)
    Hereby, my attention is focused on the study of the monetary transactions in the Anur?dhapura period which runs from the 6th B.C. to 1017 A.C. In order to understand the nature of the internal trade of the Anuradhapura ...
  • Chola Sculptural Art in Sri Lanka (1017-1070A.D) 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (National Seminar on Religion and Society in Peninsular India (7th-16th Centuries A.D), Department of History School of Social Sciences and International Studies Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, 2011)
    Sri Lanka was under the Chola rule from 1017 A.D. to 1070 A.D. The impact of the Chola rule is manifested prominently in the sculptural art of the period in Sri Lanka, especially around the kingdom of Polonnaruwa. It is ...
  • The Circulation of coins in the Anuradhapura Kingdom in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (Knowledge for Development, annual Research Symposium, RCSS, Sri Lanka, 2011)
    It is not certain as to when the use of coins was commenced in Sri Lanka. According to the literary sources and archaeological sources in Sri Lanka, it is obvious that there was a system of barter. It has been accepted ...
  • The religious intercourse between Sri Lanka and Thailand as depicted in Jinakalamali 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (Annual research symposium, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2008)
    The book Jinakalamali, the chronicle of Siam, contributes to the study of Sri Lankan history. This book gives many details about the religious intercourse between Sri Lanka and Siam in 13th ? 15th centuries. Ratanapachcha ...
  • Territorial Expansion during the reign of King Nissankamalla (1187-1196A.D) 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (1st International Conference on Social Sciences in Sri Lanka, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2008)
    The reign of Nissankamalla is limited to a few verses in Mahawamsa. But his numerous vainglorious inscriptions which he has inscribed give many informative details about his administration. Nissankamalla?s inscriptions ...
  • The ancient hospital complex at Mihinthale in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (3rd International congress, Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA), Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 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 ...
  • The ancient hospital complex at Mihinthale 
    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 ...
  • The Role of the Traders in Monetary Transactions in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (5th International Congress of Society of South Asian Archeology (SOSAA), India, 2014)
    This paper focuses on the study of the trade in the Anur?dhapura period which runs from the 6th B.C. to 1017 A.C. In order to understand the trade of the Anuradhapura period, the inscriptions are found from the places such ...
  • Economic History in Ancient Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (18th Annual Session, Tamilnadu History Congress, India, 2011)
    It is obvious that, Sri Lanka has experienced an open economic system in the ancient times, and the rulers had given the state patronage for trading whereby, trading had never been discouraged. As, it had been the tradition ...
  • Sihalawaththu:As the oldest historical source 
    Gunawardana, V.D.N.S. (Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2004-Faculty of Graduate Studies. University of Kelaniya, 2004)

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