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Taprobane: Ancient Sri Lanka as known to the Greeks and Romans

Book review by Nancy C. Wilkie.

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 Historic Period in Sri Lanka.

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.

Here They Lived and Died

An article by Tharuka Dissanaike describing the implications of the 1997 discovery of 6000BP human remains at Pallemalala.

Muruka Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective

An article by S. Kailash Sitrampalam documenting the roots of Muruka worship in Sri Lanka.