Persian traders among them brought to Sri Lanka Christianity of the Nestorian sect. Persian traders who arrived in the island had settled down along the west coast around Mantai (present Mannar.) Some ...

As one of the best-preserved cave temples in Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an ancient sacred pilgrimage site, a trip to Dambulla Cave Temple should be a firm fixture on everyone’s ...

ICOMOS monitoring missions to these three World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka were undertaken in November December 1994 ... ICOMOS experts noted that the area surrounding the rock of the outer moat at ...

With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...

Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by the Cholas, the monumental ruins of the fabulous ...

JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...

A.W. Covered in 18th- and early 20th-century murals, Kelaniya Temple, just outside Colombo, is one of the main Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka.Credit...Pietro Lo Casto “The Colombo National Museum ...

Exchange Between Ancient Chinese Medicine and Sri Lankan Traditional Medicine" series of events took place in Colombo, Gampaha, Kandy, and other cities in Sri Lanka. Eleven physicians from the ...

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