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subm,ned to the Minister. Prof. Abaya """" _the ~0
reported to have been a dissent
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Comm11tce. The Comm11tee 1s said to h
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the Dnkkhina thupa was indeed bu"lt aveconclucfed.._
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cremauon sue; the organic material (ch ugcl11lillii
assumed revered proportions as cont . .illtoal ind 'I)
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the national hero-king. With honours d
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hitherto neglected charcoal and ash ~uc to l'O)'afty, ~
. was brought (under the ractt0n r.,...
excavation
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Ministry of Cultural Affairs) in a moto~at~
of 6.
Ruhuna to Rajarata to find repose in the
as the ashes of Dutugemunu in h'is
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Anuradhapura. What went out from Anuradhapura .
brown-paper parcel returned in a gilded um p~uit? What pipes and timbrelsr
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~ of the carbon dating laboratory (said to be a
die :llllltution), and the scientific examination said to
Fte. bccll clone by ARL Wijcsekcra at the Government
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Deparunenl, the following relevant questions
cldCIW 10 be answered: The replies would constitute the
ridenCC lhll sorely needs publicity, if only IO allay fears
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1. ~ human remains present in the nwcrial
examined?
2 (I), What was the date assigned to the organic
fflllerill by the Praich Laboralory?
(b).. Did the answers to these questions lend suppon IO tho findinp of the Conunittcc based on lit
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among l he d,scovcries in the
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ransacked
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vanous 1eve1s, "fragments of cha .
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lhe CCF ?uide B ook (probably
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the comnuttce of inquiry) replac .d
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. fad, outside the pn:c1nc1s II ISSIITUI ,,,,,,, ..., ~-80), 1bc "precincts" may well ha,e
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viharl of the Ruvanveli dagoba. ~f, o n
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....., 111cc:mnation site was funher south, ~n the
.,.,_ bins ctwpa premises, the above-menuo~
(11111) IIIIllelonlilll co the mo118$1C,Y of the Ruvanvch
i,altl 7I' cJbllrUC1ed the vicW of the Ruvanveliscya
800 yards due nonh of the D ~ina
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(copc,jiaphieally) ruled out that the site of
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dlupa w the site of the cremation.
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ecping W\i
h1s y1ng
1nstrucnons, Dutugcrnunu was crel!lalcd
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spot where the Ruvanveli dagoba can be seen, 00 lhciir,
race for the ceremonial acts of thc .s angha (kammu._
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