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		MAHAVAMSA THE GREAT CHRONICLE OF CEYLON Author Wilhelm Geiger ISBN 955 8540 838 Pages 327 Size 14.5 x21.5 x 2 cm, PB Price US$ 6 / € 5 / £ 4 Mahavamsa' is a literal translation and an absolutely correct reproduction of the statements recorded in the Chronicle of the Ceylon (ancient Sri Lanka) starting from the Visit of the Tathagata. Coming of the Mahinda Thero and the introduction to Buddhism to Ceylon is another feature well appeared in 'Mahavamsa'.Then it has been included information on the 'Three Councils'. And the sixth chapter ends with the coming of Vijaya, the first king of Ceylon (ancient Sri Lanka). It narrates in detail how various kings have been ruled in Ceylon and the important happenings of their time of reign. Chronicle ends upto king Mahasen. Some Pali terms and technical terms, such as bhikkhu have been shortly explained at the end of the volume in foot-notes; and a list of them, with further interpretation.			LUNUGANGA Author Geoffrey Bawa / Christoph Bon / Dominic Sansoni ISBN 9789812618443 Pages 220 Size 28 x 32x 2cm, HB Lunuganga or ‘ Salr River “ was the name given by Sri Lanka architect Geoffrey Bawa to the unique garden which he created a few miles inland from Bentota in southwestern Sri Lanka. In 1948, returning to newly independent Sri Lanka after years study and foreign travel , he bought an abandoned rubber estate on a promontory which jutted out into a brackish lagoon.

		PAINTINGS OF SRI LANKA DAMBULLA Author The Archaeological Surver of Sri Lanka ISBN 955 613 005 5 Pages 124 Size 31.5 x 47 x 3 cm, HB Price US$ 135 / € 110 / £ 85 With 36 Full page colour reproductions			PAINTINGS OF SRI LANKA SIGIRIYA Author The Archaeological Survey of Sri Lanka ISBN 955 613 025 X Pages 124 Size 31.5 x 47 x 3 cm, HB Price US$ 135 / € 110 / £ 85 With 36 Full page colour reproductions

		ELOQUENCE IN STONE Author Nihal Fernando ISBN 978955 9236 061 Pages 472 Size 30 x 29 x 4 cm, HB Price US$ 115 / € 95 / £ 75 Spanning the history of this country and the life of the people from their very beginnings in the cave about the 127,000 year ago to the end Kandyan era in the 18th century, this book has been initiated by Nihal Fernando			SRI LANKA A PERSONAL ODYSSEY Author Nihal Fernando ISBN 955 9236 032 Pages 290 Size 23.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm, HB Price US$ 75 / € 65 / £ 50

		INCREASING COCONUT PRODUCTION THE CHALLENGE Author D. V. Liyanage ISBN 9558095893 Pages 113 Size 14 x 21 x 1 cm, HB The ubiquitous Coconut palm is of considerable importance to Sri Lankans, providing food, shelter and cash. Annual production has fluctuated around 2500 million nuts during the last 50 years, occasionally reaching 3000 million when distribution of rainfall was satisfactory. the author gives practical ways in which coconut production can be increased even under the present low level of management of coconut holdings, purely by sustaining the soil moisture content at a reasonable level.			EARLY HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN CEYLON Author E.W. Adikaram ISBN 978 955 1166 Pages 154 Size 14.5 x 22.5 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 4 / € 3 / £ 2.5 One of the best expositions of commentaries (atthakathas) so far written. This has become a source book of students who follow Pali as a subject for their degree over time.

		Stress Reduction For Youth Through Mindfulness And Loving Kindness Meditatio Author Mirisse Dhammika Thera ISBN 955 8129 942 Pages 109 Size 14 x 21.5 x 0.5 cm, PB Price US$ 3 / € 2.5 / £ 2 The purpose this book is to introduce meditation in high schools, to help them to cope with or reduce stress by disciplining their minds with positive feelings of compassion, tolerance, equanimity, contentment and helpfulness. The author has described two forms of meditation namely Mindfulness (Sati) and Loving-kindness (Metta) meditation techniques which constitute the foundation of the Buddhist mental training.The reader could learn the fundamental principles and techniques of the Buddhist meditations through this book.			A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF CEYLON VOL 1 Author Vincent Legge Pages 214 Size 19 x 25 x 4.5cm, HB Price US$ 124 / € 103 / £ 88 ( 4 Vol Set) In 1880 Captain Vincent Legge published his A History of the Birds of Ceylon, a work which had taken eleven and half years to prepare. It was soon considered one of the great classics of ornithological literature on the Indian region.

		WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT Author Walpola Rahula Thera ISBN 955 9219 197 Pages 151 Size 13x20.5 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 4 / € 3 / £ 2.5			FOUR KANDYAN FAMILIES Author Sunil. J. Madugalle ISBN 9551266005 Pages 277 Size 210 x 300x 20 mm-HB