from Sri Lanka and the Silk Road of the Sea edited by Dr. Senake Bandaranayake and jointly published by UNESCO and the Central Cultural Fund (Colombo: 1990) Lanka or Taprobane figured prominently in the maps of Strabo (above) and Ptolemy (below). The
Women, after all, were the keepers of the hearth and the masters of all sorts of liquid concoctions, including paints. This local knowledge was passed down from mother to daughter for uncounted generations, at least until now.
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