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Several types of coins categorised as Sethu bull coins are found in large quantities in the northern part of Sri Lanka. Three types of this series are illustrated below. The obverse of these coins have a human figure flanked by lamps and the reverse has the Nandi (bull) symbol, the legend Sethu in Tamil with a crescent moon above.
Kahavanu obverse. Kahavanu is a medieval currency from Sri Lanka.The coinage appears to have been initiated shortly before Rajaraja Chola invaded Lanka in 990 AD, and struck through the period when the Cholas dominated the island (1017-1070), and continued by closely similar coins struck for Vijayabahu (1055-1110) after he re-established Sinhala independence in 1070.
Sri Lanka Customs Commemorative coin Silver 10.50 2008 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Silver 11.90 2009 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Cu-Ni 8.25 2009 5000 60th Anniversary Central Bank of Sri Lanka [2] Central Bank Crest A tree depicting the growth and the stability of Sri Lanka's economy 38.61 Silver 28.28
In 2017 he has opened the 15th and world's largest jewellery showroom with 130000 sq feet space of Lalitha Jewellery by spending around 750 crores surpassing Malabar Gold's 110000 sq feet jewellery showroom. Lalitha Jewellery has 50 showrooms across India at present. [6] [12] In 2020, 13 crores worth Diamond, Gold and Platinum jewellery was ...
Locally produced coins with Tamil Brahmi legends were found in the southern town of Tissamaharama. They are dated to between 200 BC - 200 AD. The coins are thought to have been issued by Tamil traders settled in Sri Lanka. [10] Coins ending with the Tamil Brahmi letter 𑀷 (-aṉ). Coin 1: Uttiraṉ Coin 2: Kapati Katalaṉ Coin 3: Mahācāttaṉ
It is a long street of jewellery shops with hundreds of shops next to one another. There are also some jewellery shops in main street gaspa junction. The most recognizable building in the Pettah market is the candy-striped Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque [ citation needed ] (also known as The Red Mosque) which was built in 1909.
Vogue Jewellers was established in 1962 by Sarath Hemachandra. [3] During the 1960s, radio jingle "Mangala mudu mala valalu" penned by lyricist Karunaratne Abeysekera, was specifically created for Vogue Jewellers and it became one of the first few jingles to have been used in Sri Lanka. [2]
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...