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Senarath Paranavithana

Archeologist and epigraphist

Died when: 75 years 283 days (909 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Senarath Paranavithana

Senarath Paranavitana CBE (Sinhala:?????? ????????) (26 December 1896 – 4 October 1972) was a pioneering archeologist and epigraphist of Sri Lanka.His works dominated Sri Lankan archaeology and history in the middle-part of the 20th century.

He became the Archeological Commissioner in 1940, following H.C.P.Bell, and Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe in that position.

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