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The Creator, the Redeemer and the Eternal Heaven were the debate topics. [1] The debate was carried out on 1 February 1866. John Edwards Hunupola (Hunupola Nilame) represented the Christian side; he was a former Buddhist monk and Christian convert. [5] As agreed before the debate, Gunananda Thera published the summary of the debate. [2]
[13] [14] The main language at Nalanda is Sinhala, while students have the option to select English from year six onwards. [15] Students of Nalanda College have consistently participated in national-level examinations, with some achieving high grades in Ordinary Level and Advanced Level exams, as well as in various sports competitions.
Kumaratunga Munidasa (Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most historically ...
Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala thera was well versed in Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit and English languages and also had a very good knowledge in Buddhism, history, arithmetic and archaeology. He wrote many books in these subjects and was a leading figure of the Panadura debate (Panadurawadaya) held in 1873.
A fifteen-year-old prince named Kitti, belonging to a royal bloodline, annexes the domains of Lokeshwara and Keshadathu Kasyapa, uniting Ruhuna under his rule. Cholas are further pushed back from the South. 1070 Prince Kitti, who was given the title Vijayabahu, launches a seventeen-year campaign and successfully drives out the Cholas from Sri ...
After the initial batch of students finished five years of primary education, classes had to be extended to provide secondary education and in due course classes up to Year 13 were established. Due to the patronage of former principals Wimala Liyanage (1973–1982), and R. M. L. Jayasekera (1982–2000) the status of the school was raised to ...
Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict (1990) Valančiūnas, Deimantas. "Haunting memories: Sri Lankan civil war, trauma and diaspora in literature and film." South Asian Diaspora 13.1 (2021): 37–49. Wickramasinghe, Nira. Sri Lanka in the modern age: A history of contested identities (U of Hawaii Press, 2006). Wickramasinghe, Nira.
Sri Lankan history and prehistory were illuminated by his academic and popular writings which are filled with insight, profound learning and a vital sense of history. [2] Known for his contributions to and editing of Epigraphia Zeylanica , his most celebrated magnum opus was Sigiri Graffiti , published in two folio volumes by Oxford University ...