SANDĒSA POEMS ACROSS THE PALK STRAITS

"This essay focuses on Sri Lanka’s medieval period when competing urban centres and territorial politics thrived in the region. It proposes to reconstruct a lost architectural heritage through a literary genre of Sandesa Kavyas (message poems), which capture the island’s urban geography prior to its destruction by European colonizers."

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Mural of forest birds at Kotte Raja Maha Viharaya (Image © Anoma Pieris)