http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/243 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:00:31 GMT 2026-04-05T20:00:31Z http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3841 Evidence of Bharata Natvam Dance Tradition in the Polonnaruwa Period Sculpture (With reference to a few selected Polonnaruwa period images) Kakulandala,Koshalee Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3841 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3840 Deterioration of Tropical Stone Culture - Sri Lankan experience Jayasingha, Pathmakumara Sri Lanka is one of the tropical countries in the v,orld v'ith u rich ancienl stone culture. Exislence of stone monumenls and sailptures v,hic:h are presentlv naked, express an evolttlion of amazing ancient stone industry,. Research int,estigalions done cluring the lasl 7 years inJbr the use of advance quarrying techniques in ancient stone industry,. lt fuuher reveals that almost all rhe stone monuments and sculptures ure made up oJ'Gneisses antl Marble of Proterozoic metamorphic roc'ks. ,lclvonce rechnolagical understanding of slotte materials in selecting, Etarrying and carving is speciJically ohserved. Most of the stone heritag,e of the country is under threat of deterioration. Those in the World Heritage Sites ttf Arutradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and Kandy show highly specific cleterioralion potlerns caused b1' tr1pical climatic varialions and clistinctive local geolog,'. The identiJied deterioration palterns are dominqted by eliscoloration, flaking, fragmenlation, splitting, salt oystullization and dissolution. Biological weatheringmainly by lichen grov'ths seems to be a silent agent and it removes surface mineralfragments thut rqngefrom 2 to 17 mgwith a meQn oJ'23 mg/1tear fu' weight. Presently conservation activities based on research investigations o'e caruiecl out. A monitoring ancl management planwhere a scientiJic approac:h is included has been proposed. Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3840 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/413 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුරාණ ඉඩම් භුක්තිය සහ සිංහල ගැමි අර්ථක්‍රමය (1948 නිදහස ලැබීමට පෙර) Gunawardane, D.S.W. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/413 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/411 ලක්දිව මුතු කර්මාන්තයට දායකත්වය සැපයූ ඉස්ලාමීය, ද්‍රවිඩ සහ වෙනත් ජනවර්ග පිළිබඳ මානව වංශ විද්‍යාත්මක අධ්‍යයනයක් Siriwardhana, Thilanka Manoj Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/411 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z