Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.

Tambapanni Academic Publishers successfully launched the Sri Lankan edition of Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society, written by Dr Nadeera Rupesinghe. Prof.

Two Dutch museums returned nearly 500 cultural objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that were looted during the colonial era, including gold and silverware, statues, weapons and hundreds of artworks.

It represents Sri Lanka's three groups - Muslim, Sinhalese and Christian - living in harmony. Burmese teak monastery bench, restored by Deeven Beruwalage. Alms bowls, from Borobudur, Indonesia.

Dutch to return colonial treasures to Indonesia, Sri Lanka The decision to return some 478 objects followed recommendations by a government-appointed commission last year looking into illegal ...

Six other colonial artifacts claimed by Sri Lanka are currently in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands' national museum of arts and history.

Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka marks a break in understanding the history of Roman-Dutch law in Sri Lanka. Methodologically, it challenges socio-legal studies that concentrate on major jurisdictional ...