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I wonder why Dr. Paranavithana was not awarded the Nobel Prize – Sirisaman Wijethunge, ex-Assistant Director of Archaeology-BY RAVINDRA WIJEWARDHANE Source:Sundayobserver The great historian archaeologist Dr. Senarath Paranavithana’s 49th death anniversary falls on tomorrow, (4 October). During the 75 years of his life time, Dr. Paranavithana produced eight major books including groundbreaking ‘Sigiri Graffit’ published in two folio volumes by Oxford University Press which made the ‘Sigiriya’ a world heritage. He also launched another two folio volumes as ‘Inscriptions of Ceylon Vol I and 11’ which was an archaeological survey of Ceylon. According to late veteran journalist D.B. Dhanapala, Paranavithana is “More an epigraphist than an archaeologist, more an expert in consenescence than in conservation, more a self-taught scholar than a trained scientist.” ...