Dr. Hema Goonatilake who over the past 20 years has researched and published on the relationship over the last 1000 years between Sri Lanka and the nations of South-east Asia has just brought out a ...

The Mahavamsa or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon (to use the title of the English translation by Wilhelm Geiger of the ancient classic) is a book of history in the form of a poem in the Pali ...

More than two thousand years ago, the ancient book of Sri Lanka, ‘Mahawamsa’, mentioned the use of what P Guha o BANGALORE: The Vedas refer to the paan as being the first offering to the guru.

The Field Marshal lambasted the Mahawamsa editorial team for what he called an extremely ... declared that he would write his own book on the war numbering over 700 pages. The former Army Chief also ...

It was in April this year that the Culture Ministry had announced that the Mahawamsa was being updated to include material from the post-1978 period, and that three chapters would be devoted to ...

The Mahavamsa or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon (to use the title of the English translation by Wilhelm Geiger of the ancient classic) is a book of history in the form of a poem in the Pali ...