This collection of essays is meant to felicitate a versatile scholar – a renowned historian and archaeologist of South East Asia, authority on Buddhist studies, prolific writer, diplomat, social worker, indefatigable researcher, erudite scholar of ancient Sinhala, Prakrit and English, and also a poet. The 1939-born Professor S.B. Hettiaratchi: London University’s PhD, retired in 2005 as Professor of History and Archaeology from the University of ...
This is the final Trilogy of volumes on Sri Lankan Buddhist Paintings. The Grandeur of Sri Lankan Buddhist Art on the classical school. Post Classical revival is the second volume on Kandyan school and present one Southern Tradition is the last volume on this Trilogy. These volumes will also comprise a lasting and highly noteworthy archive and record of Sri Lamka's monumental Buddhist Art heritage. Many of these masterpieces are threatened with with decay; and ...
