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Sri Lanka’s gem industry has a very long and colorful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna-Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. [1]
Geuda (ගෙවුඩ, pronounced gay-yoo-dah [needs IPA]) is a form of the mineral corundum, or sapphire, found primarily in Sri Lanka. Around 70%-80% of gems mined in Sri Lanka belong to geuda varieties. Because of its semitransparent and milky appearance due to rutile inclusions, these stones have little value as gemstones in their natural ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Gems of Sri Lanka" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Sinhala: Country: Sri Lanka: ... Mawbima (lit. Motherland) is a weekly Sinhala language newspaper that ...
Silumina (Sinhala: සිළුමිණ) is a Sinhala language weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Lake House), a government-owned corporation. The newspaper commenced publishing in March 30 1930, D. R. Wijewardena being its founder. [1] It currently has a circulation of 265,000. [2]
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
The era in which King Parákramabáhu VI (1412–1467)—who was the last native sovereign to unify all of Sri Lanka under one rule—was ruling the Kingdom of Kotte is well known as the golden era of Sinhala poetry.
The Sri Lanka Sikhamani (Sri Lanka's precious gem Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ශිඛාමනී) is a national honour of Sri Lanka "for service to the nation". [1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Sri Lanka Sikhamani ranks lower than Kala Keerthi.