The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017: Recent submissions

  • Travel routes in the interior of the Island: based on Davy’s An account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Land (1821) 
    Rathnabahu, R.M.N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    John Davy born on 24 May 1790 in Penzance, United Kingdom was not only a Physician of the armed forces of the British Ceylon during the 19th century but also an excellent scholar and traveler at the time. His excursions ...
  • Images of road culture in paintings - Ethos of socio cultural space in colonial Calcutta 
    Dey, B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In the global context space, there is an abundant and increasing fascination for the painting as a tool for historical evidence of society. Presently metropolitan city of Kolkata in India has historical as well as colonial ...
  • A Historical Study of Palanquin Traveling in Ancient Kandy kingdom in Sri Lanka 
    Yasarathna, H.B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Human transport is the oldest mode of carrying loads from one place to another. Not only carrying goods but also humans are used to carry human beings from one place to another in Palanquins. Travelling on the shoulders ...
  • Bulls, Bullocks and Bullock-Carts: Masculinity, Transport and Trade in Protohistoric and Historic South Asia 
    Dalal, K.F.; Raghavan, R.G. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Ever since the domestication of Bos indicus, the prime means of transportation and traction, and therefore the bulwark of carriage, haulage and transshipment of goods during the Protohistoric and Historic Periods in South ...
  • Using neural networks for mobile applications: self-driving tourism 
    Abeysinghe, A.; Arundathie, Abeysinghe (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    At present, tourism and hospitality industries extensively makes use of Information Technology (IT) with the objective of reducing costs, improving operational competence as well as improving the quality of service provided ...
  • The land transportation depicted in Mahāvaṃsa and Dīpavaṃsa from 6th B.C.E to the 3rd C.E 
    Gunawardhana, N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    According to the written records like the Mahāvaṃsa and the Dīpavaṃsa history of Sri Lanka may have begun from the arrival of the prince Vijaya circa 6th B.C.E. Although the history begins from the 6th century B.C.E., the ...
  • Brick made arched bridges, culverts, tunnels along the Railways in 19th century Sri Lanka 
    Manatunga, S.B. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In ancient times European Countries usually added arch shapes for their religious buildings palaces, and forts. In the first half of the 19th Century, Britain was using the arch to make roadways buildup bridges, tunnels, ...
  • Chumadutangi (Load Bearing Stone) and Pedestrian Transportation in Kerala, India 
    Sasidharan, A.G. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Chumadutangi (Load Bearing Stone) is a bulky stone bench like structure used for supporting the weight of head loads while transporting from one place to another. They were constructed for the comfort of the pedestrian ...
  • Wheeled Vehicle Toys of the Indus Civilization with Special Reference to Gujarat, India 
    Vasantha, R.S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Terracotta toy cart frames and wheels provide indirect evidence for the origin and development of wheeled carts based transportation in the alluvial plains of Pakistan and western India around 3500 BC. Evidences from various ...
  • Beginning and Expansion of Transport in the Human Society 
    Udayakanthi, T.G.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Within human Social evolution, social development link with transport. Accordingly, transport means the mobilization of living and non-living goods from one place to another. The main service of a mode of transport is to ...
  • Highway system in Ancient Sri Lanka 
    Vidanapathirana, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Historical information about the ancient road network of Sri Lanka is restricted to random records encountered in historical documents and information recorded as a result of research carried out during the British ...
  • The Journey from the Tongas to Trains 
    Radhakrishnan, I. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    This paper proposes to celebrate the first and only steam engine of South Asia, the NMR – Nilgiri Mountain Railway. There is an immediate need for the preservation of this Heritage icon of the Nilgiris Hills. An introduction ...
  • Usage of Stone in Road-Building: An Industrial Archaeological Perspective 
    Kodithuwakku, K.; Withanachchi, C.R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Stone is a prominent geo-material used for various necessities in the evolution of human culture for quite a long time. The usage of stone in the history of road-building has been in practice sincecirca 4thand 5th century ...
  • An Odyssey of Indian Railways through Cinematic Lens 
    Condra, R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Cinema is related to trains from the time of its inception. Both inventions brought world closer and introduced newer aspects of modern world to mankind. They are more than century old and have heritage status. Trains shown ...
  • Rickshaw Art as a means of Social Communication: Bangladesh Perspective 
    Rahman, H.; Hossain, J (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Rickshaw is a major vehicle for transportation in order to travel short distances in Bangladesh. It exhibits different artistic views and paintings that bear the messages of the famous history and culture of Bengal. Rickshaw ...
  • Impact of Ancient Routes on the Society in Madhya Pradesh 
    Kumar, L.; Khanday, D.A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Madya Pradesh in India is prominent due to its most significant Buddhist remains including monuments and sculptures. Since ancient times, the centers of Buddhism were approachable from all major directions. The present ...
  • Evaluations of Motor Transport law in Sri Lanka 
    Kottahachchi, K.C. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transport was an important aspect of the day today life of the ancient Sri Lankans. Since ancient times different transport facilities were used and available for the king, higher officers and the general public too. The ...
  • Identification of the Buddhist Temple Paintings Depicting the Features Conjoined to the Early–Modern Transport System 
    Kodithuwakku, K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Different kinds of carts and chariots have been added to the transport system in the course of history and they can be identified among the Buddhist temple paintings in Sri Lanka, particularly in the low-country. Among ...
  • Kelani Valley (KV Line) Railway Line: Lost Railway lines in Sri Lanka 
    Widyarathne, S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The 19the Century was destined to be an era which evoked a profound socio-economic transformation in Sri Lanka. The expansion of plantation agriculture, development of road ways inside the island and later railway lines ...
  • Tracing the Tracks: Road, Road Culture, and Romance in the Sangam Tamilnadu 
    Vijailakshmi, U.R. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Microhistory in a sense, captures the life of ordinary people during extraordinary circumstances or during macro-historical events. The purpose of this paper is to bring out the life style of the Sangam Tamils through the ...

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