The Sri | LANKA JOURNAL of the HUMANITIES - Bey B”univensity oF renaneni ee We? i ee NUMBERS 182The Sri Lanka Jourral of the Hunanities, is published by the University of Peradeniya and appears twice a year in June and December. It aims to publish a variety of scholarly and original articles on History, Archaeology, Philosophy. Literature, Language, Relgion, the Arts and other relatzd fields. The articles will pertain mainly but not exclusively to Sri Lanka. The Journal is designed to reach an audience that includes both specialists and non-specialists. EDITOR Sirima Kiribamunz MANAGING EDITOR P. V. B. Karunatillake EDITORIAL BOARD A.D. P. Kalansuriya S. Thillainathan U. P. Meddegama W. TL. Siriweera P. D. Premasiri R. A. L. H, Gunawardana Ratna Handurukande Contributions (two copies), books for review and editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor, The Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, Department of History, University of Peradeniya Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, The Annual Subscription is Rs. 40/- in Sri Lanka. The overseas rate is U. S. dollars 7.50 or equivalent in any convertible currency, and includes postage. A trade discount of 20 per cent will be allowed to booksellers. All subscriptions and business correspondence should b= addressed to: ‘The Assistant, Librarian (Journals) The Library, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Institutes and libraries interested in obtaining the Journal on exchange should contact the Librarian, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Cover design by anley. Kirinde The Sanskrit word bhujaiga is a synonym for nZga, the motif on the cover. It is interesting fo note that this particular term had been chosen to convey the meaning of “scholar” in ancient Java. The Old-Javanese word bhujaiga “apparently denoted in ancient times in the Kingdom of Majapabit a learned man belonging to the clerical order, a more or less officia scholar who performed a spiritual and occasionally at least, a political function.”THE SRI LANK JOURNAL OF THE H HES VOLUME VIII 1982 CONTENTS Prelude to the State: An Early Phase in the Evolution of Political Institutions in Ancient Sri Lanka R. A, L. H. Gunawardana Herodotus in the Jatakas Merlin Peris Of Love and Development: A Passage to India in a fresh connection , Rajiva Wijesinha Classical Sinhalese Narrative Prose: Its Themes, Conventions and Prose Styles Sarathchandra Wickramasuriya Kingship in Sri Lanka: A. D, 1070 - 1270 ‘S. Pathmanathan A Note on Three Old Sinhalese Palm - Leaf Manuscripts P. E. E. Fernando Paniyavadana Raina Handurukande Symbolism in the Thirteen Principal Upanisads ‘Nirmala S$. Salgado The Dramatist at the Crossroads: A Survey of Sinhala Drama Since 1950 U. P. Meddegama Book Reviews: Pafifiisa-Jateka or Zimmé Pannasa (in the Burmese Recension) Vol. Il (Jatakas 26-50) Edited by Padmanabh S. Jaini. Raina Handurukande Buddhism and Christianity; Their Inner Affinity. Antony Fernando. A. D. P, Kalansuriya Page 40 88 120 146, 158 62 174 188 194