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Badulla Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: බදුලු ටැම් ලිපිය) is an archaeological stone inscription, which is currently located at the Senarath Paranavithana Memorial Library of Badulla, Sri Lanka. The inscription is engraved on a rock surface, with the height of 2.43 m (8.0 ft) and 127 mm (5.0 in).
to get information about the economy of ancient Sri Lanka; to get a knowledge about the evolution of the language and the letters; to get other cultural records; to know different symbols used for different purposes; to know sinhala grammar; to know the names o the kings, rural kings and princes; to know the designations of the royal officers
The Galle Trilingual Inscription is a stone tablet with an inscription in three languages, Chinese, Tamil and Persian, located in Galle, Sri Lanka. Dated 15 February 1409, it was installed by the Chinese admiral Zheng He in Galle during his grand voyages. [1]
The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය, lit. 'rock monastery'), and known originally as the Uttararama (Sinhala: උත්තරාරාමය, lit. 'the great monastery'), is a rock temple of the Buddha situated in the ancient city Polonnaruwa, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, now present-day Polonnaruwa, in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
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A replica, carved out of white teak, was gifted to India's Prime Minister Modi on his state visit to Sri Lanka. [4] Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, mentions in his autobiography, that while in a visit with his wife and daughter to Sri Lanka in 1930s, he liked this statue greatly. While in Dehra Dun prison, a friend from Sri ...
On 12 June 2019, the sacred historical church was renovated solely by the Sri Lanka Navy and was opened for the public for the first time since the attacks. [8] [9] Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith conducted a special liturgy, remembering the Easter Sunday attack victims. He addressed what he called failures of the Sri Lankan government and its ...
Large parts of a marble slab shattered into pieces [7] and inscribed in Aramaic was found inside this building, and two words were deciphered shortly after the discovery: "amen" and "marmaria"; the latter, literally 'marble', has been interpreted by some scholars as perhaps linked with the cult of the Virgin Mary, possibly meaning 'Maria's ...