http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/82 2026-04-30T08:24:44Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/109 Role of women in Rural Development Amarasinghe, S.W. Rural Development is a strategy designed to improve the . economic and social life of a specific group of people, the rural needy . It involves extending the benefits of development to the neediest among those who seek a livelihood in the rural areas”.1 This concept reflects the increasing concern for involvement of the underprevileged and weaker sections\of the rural population as target groups in the. process of development 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/108 The Administration of the Atamasthana at Anuradhapura Karunananda, U.B. The Atamasthana establishm ent at Anuradhapura presents a set up which seem s to be rather unique in the administration and management o f the tem ples and their properties in Sri Lanka. It is interesting to note that the Atamasthana Committee, w hich consisted o f a predom inantly lay membership till the m iddle o f the present century, is still responsible for the administration o f the Atamasthana whereas the A tam asthanadhipati and the head o f the Bulankulama fam ily, [the lay custodian o f the Bo-tree tem ¬ ple] take charge o f the affairs under the direction o f the Atamasthana Committee, A practice .of this nature does not exist any where in Sri Lanka in the administration o f tem ples and tem poralities. Therefore, this paper seeks to exam ine the role played by the three Atamasthana establishm ents - the Atamasthana Comm ittee, the Atamasthanadhipati and th e , head o f the Nuwaravava [Bulankulama] fam ily 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/105 History o f Anopheles Mosquitoes Natural in Sri Lanka Pinikahana, Jayaratne 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/103 Caste Feudalism Under Slave Masters - A Review of Change in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Mahabadda of the Cinnamon Department, 1597 -1832 De Silva, M.U. 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z