Web Directory

» Ancient Polonnaruwa and its environs
   An article by Prof. W. I. Siriweera, Vice Chancellor, Rajarata University describing the current understanding of Polonnaruwa a city on the Mahaveli River in Sri Lanka.
   http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo.html

» Here They Lived and Died
   An article by Tharuka Dissanaike describing the implications of the 1997 discovery of 6000BP human remains at Pallemalala.
   http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/palle2.html

» Maritime Lanka
   Describes maritime related archaeology and history of Sri Lanka, including guide to wrecks of European ships from the 17th century.
   http://cf.hum.uva.nl/galle/

» Muruka Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective
   An article by S. Kailash Sitrampalam documenting the roots of Muruka worship in Sri Lanka.
   http://murugan.org/research/sitrampalam.htm

» Pallemalala Discovery Throws Light on Lanka's Pre-historic Culture
   An article by Asiff Hussein describing the 1997 discovery by Raj Somadeva and a 10 member team of a shell midden with skeletal remains and stone implements dating to 6000BP.
   http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/palle1.html

» Pre and Proto-historic Settlement in Sri Lanka
   A paper by S.U. Deraniyagala, Director-General of Archaeology, Sri Lanka presented at the Proceedings of the XIII Congress Forli'-Italia, 8-14 September, 1996 discussing the cultures, timing, and paleo climates from the first human influences to the Histo
   http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/dera1.html

» Sri Lankan-Dutch Archaeological Co-operation
   A short article by A. van Schaik of the University of Leiden describing current cooperation and calling for further cooperation concerning VOC (Dutch East India Company) Period researches.
   http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/iiasn2/south/srilanka.txt

» Taprobane: Ancient Sri Lanka as known to the Greeks and Romans
   Book review by Nancy C. Wilkie.
   http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1999/1999-08-08.html

» Where Farmers Till For Coins
   Features Kavan Ratnatunga's trip to the Ruhuna Region of Sri Lanka in December, 2001. With description and photos of coins and artifacts excavated from this area.
   http://lakdiva.org/coins/ruhuna/2001trip/