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  • 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 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Homestay concept in heritage sites (A case study in Kegalle district) 
    Dhananjani, S. A. D. N. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage can be defined as ways of living, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Tourism is one of the most important foreign generating industries as well it is a gate to a stable ...
  • How storytelling influences promotion and education purpose of a cultural heritage: A study on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum 
    Chakraborty, Barota; Jahan, Qazi Afrin (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Though cultural heritages are interpreted differently to different people over the globe, they tend to secure the significance and development of cultural wealth for future generations. Many museums around the world have ...
  • An identification of the involvement of British colonial architecture to the tourism industry in Sri Lanka: Special reference to Colombo region 
    Weerasingha, W. S. I. K.; Senarathna, T. M. C. D. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In 1815 the British Colonizers established their regime in the Dutch Ceylon. Although the colonial architecture scenario was stared during the era of Portuguese, the city of Colombo is massively contained with the British ...
  • An identification of the usage of heritage in the study of history 
    Unknown author (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    All the qualities, traditions or teachers of life that have been continued over many years and have been passed from generation to generation can be defined as the heritage. Moreover, the heritage reprehends political, ...
  • The impact of e- services on cultural heritage towards the tourism in Sri Lanka 
    Jayarathne, D. N. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Tourism is the fastest growing field in Sri Lanka. Cultural Heritage tourism involves visiting places that are significant to the past and present cultural identity. This paper discusses the use of in-depth focus groups ...
  • The Impact of Sinhalese films to promote studying monarchs of Sri Lanka (Based on 08 selected sinhala films) 
    Mallawaarachchi, Asitha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    According to the Mahawansa, the first kingdom of Sri Lanka was established in the year 435 B.C. by Prince Vijaya. The Sri Lankan monarchs that began with Prince Vijaya ended in the year 1815 A.D. with King Sri Wikrama ...
  • Impacts of cultural heritage tourism at UNESCO world heritage sites in Sri Lanka 
    Wickramaratne, K.A. D. I.; Shalinika, I.S. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Cultural tourism is the sub category of tourism that is concerned with the traveler's engagement with a country or region's culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those ...
  • The importance and value of ‘Sandesha Kavya’ in Sri Lanka 
    Nanayakkara, Kaveesha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In Sri Lanka ‘Sandesha Kavya’ were written to pass a message from one place to another place and the specialty is, the apostle in most ‘Sandesha Kavya’ is a bird. ‘Meghaduta’ is the world first ‘Sandesha Kavya’ written by ...
  • Importance of promoting cultural tourism based on Dutch Reformed church Galle 
    Viraj, Sumeda (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In 1988 the United Nation Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named the Dutch Reformed Church as a world heritage site. It's situated inside the Galle fort which attracts many tourists. The main reason ...
  • Important heritage of Pataliputra 
    Kumar, Dilip; Singh, Akhilesh Kumar (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The capital of ancient Magadha Pātaliputra (Latitude: 25° 35' 11" N & Longitude: 85° 16' 31" E) is situated in the north bank of Ganga of modern Patna dist. of Bihar. Its ancient Sanskrit name was Kusumpura and Puṣpapura ...

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