North Indian Tribal coins

Invention of currency went back before the time of written history. When studying the history of coins as a medium of exchange, northern Indian indigenous coins are noteworthy. Coins used by tribal people are known as ‘Gana’ or ‘Sanga’were recognized as indigenous coins.[i]   ...

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HINDU TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE

A temple (from the Latin word templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice (Prasanna Kumar 1996: 14). It is typically used for such buildings belonging to all faiths where a more specific term such as church, mosque or synagogue is not generally used in English. These include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism among religions with many modern followers, as well as other ancient...

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1815 : Kandyan Convention - උඩරට ගිවිසුම

The Kandyan Convention was an agreement signed on the 02nd of March 1815 between the British and the Chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, in Sri Lanka for the deposition of rule King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha. The king who was of South Indian ancestry faced powerful opposition from the Sinhalese chieftains who sought to reduce his power. A successful coup was organized by the Sinhala chieftains in which they accepted the British crown as their...

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The progressive era of Udarata

Main characteristics of the epoch. Konappu Bandara’s (also known as Wijesundara Bandara) triumph over Udarata in 1592, immediately following the death of Yamasinghe Bandara who had received the kingdom under the patronage and the aid of the Portuguese was an event which marked a new era both in the history of the kingdom and the history of Sri Lanka as a whole. Only when the way in which history evolved is closely examined in...

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Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala: The Person who Found the Lost Identity of the Buddhist

The socio-political, economic and cultural position of Sri Lanka in the 19th and the early 20th century was based on the British imperialist requirements. At that period the evil influence of western domination, Buddhism had dropped to its lowest ebb in Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese Buddhist identity began to lose ground. However, there was a considerable amount of religious agitation began among Sinhalese. Srimath Anagarika Darmapala...

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The origin of Anuradhapura as an organized city.

The Anuradhapura city was created and developed as an organized city during the reign of king Pandukabhaya who was born to Deegagamini and Unmadhanie Chiththa. The king should be bestowed honor for his great service of building a city which came to be called Anuradhapura the reasons being the Anura Nekatha which was the chosen auspicious time to start the construction coupled with the fact that it was the residence for two important people...

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The nature of the foreign invasions during the Anuradhapura period.

Sri Lanka has met with foreign invasions in the Anuradhapura  kingdom which either resulted in the death of the native king or causing the ruler to withdraw from the capital seeking for refuge. However, both had equally disastrous outcomes such as the instability of the kingdom and the ill-fated condition of the Buddha Sasana in the face of foreign occupations. Besides the arrival of Vijaya in Sri Lanka, which cannot be entirely...

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