Taprobana' was how the Alexandrian geographer, Claudius Ptolemy identified the Island when he drafted his map of Sri Lanka. One of the earliest maps of Sri Lanka, it carried an elaborately ornamented ...

I f you look at Sri Lanka on a map, you might think it’s small when you compare it to India sitting pretty nearby. Don’t let that fool you—this island has a population of 22 million and a ...

Over the decades, these Indian textiles began to reflect Sri Lanka’s sacred imagery. Figures from the small island’s pantheon ... the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) and exhibition curator ...