For thousands of years, the golden kingdom of Lanka described in the Ramayana has captured people’s imaginations. It was said ...

In the late 5th century, King Kashyapa of Sri Lanka was afraid. He had every reason to be — he had orchestrated a coup and seized the throne from the rightful heir, his brother. Fearing an ...

Fanfare for ancient Sri Lankan Kings. American composer. Stephen Allen hears a contemporary message in The Mahavamsa and sets it to music: By R. Stephen Prins, Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara. The American ...

Later, King Ashoka's son and daughter, Mahendra and Sanghamitra, went to Sri Lanka with a sapling of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment. This Bodhi Tree is still found in Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s ancient agrarian revolution powered by irrigation engineering. As in our own age, ... in Anuradhapura, built in the fourth century BC by king Pandukabhaya, proves the point. The next ...

Sri Lankan kings attacked Madurai while Chola, even Kalinga, kings attacked and destroyed Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka, forcing kings to take refuge in hills.

On April 12, 2022, Sri Lanka declared “bankruptcy”. In March 2023, the International Monetary Fund agreed to a four-year programme with Sri Lanka. The IMF will provide Sri Lanka with US $ 2.9 billion ...

Did Christianity exist in ancient Sri Lanka? By Rajitha Weerakoon : The discovery of a Nestorian cross engraved on a rock in Anuradhapura and another unearthed in Sigiriya some years ago led Prof.

Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019.

Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and former royal palace, is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sights, attracting just more than one million visitors in 2019.