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               Lankan  historical  records  and  the  contemporary  historical  Sri  Lankan  Sinhalese

               novels. The selected Sri Lankan historical books were Sinhalese poetry collection of
               Ehelepola Hataneh hewath Daru keteweema which was written by H.G Andhris De

               Silva, The Life of Ehelepola by T.B Pohath Kehelpannala, Trisinhala, the last phase
               which was written by P.E Peiris and Ehelepola Devenirajjuruwo which is written by

               Anura  Manathunga.  Moreover,  the  selected  contemporary  historical  Sri  Lankan

               Sinhalese novels were Kumārihāmi I (2011) and Kumārihāmi II (2012) which were
               written by Priyanka Amarathunga.


               1.4 Research Question

               ‘How  does  one  of  the  marginalized  historical  female  icons  in  Sri  Lankan  history,

               ‘Ehelepola  Kumārihāmi’  portray  in  both  Sri  Lankan  historical  records  and
               contemporary historical Sri Lankan Sinhalese novels?’


               2. Methodology

                2.1 Scope of the Study
               Primarily, the present research explores the life story of ‘Ehelepola Kumārihāmi’ and

               the  tragic  massacre  of  ‘Ehelepola  Kumārihāmi  ’  through  referring  The  Life  of

               Ehelepola  by  T.B  Pohath  Kehelpannala  (1896),  Trisinhala,  the  last  phase  (2002)
               which was written by P.E Peiris, Ehelepola Devenirajjuruwo (2005) which is written

               by Anura Manathunga and Sinhalese poetry collection of Ehelepola Hataneh hewath
               Daru keteweema (1901) which was written by H.G Andhris De Silva,  Along with the

               aforementioned discussion, the contemporary historical Sri Lankan Sinhalese novels

               have been referred. Specifically, the series of novels entitled, Kumārihāmi I (2011)
               and Kumārihāmi II (2012) which were written by Priyanka Amarathunga.


               2.2 Research design

               The  present  study  uses  a  qualitative  research  design  where  the  tragic  massacre  of

               Ehelepola Kumārihāmi which has been depicted in above mentioned historical books
               have been analyzed using ‘Thematic analysis.’ Contemporary historical Sri Lankan

               novelist,  Priyanka Amarathunga’s  Kumārihāmi I  (2011) and  Kumārihāmi  II  (2012)
               have also been analyzed using ‘Thematic analysis.’







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