Historical links between the South and the North-East

The research by Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thero :

Since the rock-inscriptions had been, deciphered for the first time, and interpreted in 1875 by scholars such as Gold Smith, Edward Muller, Wickremesinghe and Dr. Senarath Paranavithana, principally two methods have been employed to decipher the meanings of the rock-inscriptions; copying the rock-inscription by hand and embossing the inscription onto a paper with a special ink.

Full Story

'20 years of Dam site and tunnel geology investigation'

Hydropower projects: Prof. W.P. Withanage in retrospect :

With the increasing number of landslides in the hill region of the island, geology has become an important and an interesting subject to study and discuss in Sri Lanka, it was Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy, the internationally known academician who first did a geological survey in 1906 over a hundred years ago.

Full Story

Book review

Dhamma in perspective

An introduction for intelligent layman :

For sometime now there does not seem to be a need to lament over lack of basic reading materials in Buddhism. Ever Since Ven. Walpola Rahula initiated this genre of literature with What the Buddha Taught the trend has continued with introductory readings on Buddhism appearing at regular intervals.

Full Story