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Thursday Forum: Talk on "Re-visiting Peradeniya - A journey through six centuries" ( 29.08.2019)

The AAUP Series was revived after many months with a revisiting Peradeniya, presentation by Prof. Sarath Edirisinghe, a medical Parasitologist with a passion for history. His talk took the audience through a journey spanning six centuries. 


Prof. Edirisinghe began his talk by addressing the etymology of the name "Peradeniya". Thereafter, he moved on to three major events in history; namely, the glorious battle in the vicinity of Peradeniya, the birth of the Royal Botanical Garden and horse racing in Kanda Uda Rata including  a description of the Peradeniya race course and details of the races run on the newly laid track.

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