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

  • The Historical Evolution of the Colombo: Galle (A2) Main Road 
    Gunarathna, N.U. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    A course/ path that is used for transportation between two or more pointsis known as a “Road”. Since the Anuradhapura Period, Sri Lankan Civilization had a road network that connected major cities with the Capital city. ...
  • When have you shed tears for them? 
    Bandyopadhyay, N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Freight and people movement have been important factors for economic systems from ancient times to the modern globalized world. Utilizing available technology and resources initially with land animalsand wind for maritime ...
  • Transport systems in the ancient society revealed through the Sri Lankan paintings 
    Nishanthi, M. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    It is possible to understand how old society was, by studying paintings. The main purpose of this phenomenon is to study the transport methods used to travel in ancient society. Prehistoric paintings and paintings found ...
  • Evolution of the Railway Transportation Devices in Sri Lanka: with refer to the Design Applicability and Usability for Appropriate Product Design 
    Thilakarathna, K.C.M.; Ranasinghe, W.M.N.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Sri Lanka’s rail transportation was pioneered and developed by the Britishers after capturing the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. England was where the railway transportation emerged as a viable solution to all hindrances in ...
  • Evolution of the Railway Transportation Devices in Sri Lanka: with refer to the Design Applicability and Usability for Appropriate Product Design 
    Thilakarathna, K.C.M.; Ranasinghe, W.M.N.D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Sri Lanka’s rail transportation was pioneered and developed by the Britishers after capturing the Kandyan kingdom in 1815. England was where the railway transportation emerged as a viable solution to all hindrances in ...
  • Transportation and the Socio-economic Development of Poona 
    Dasture, P. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transportation has continually played an essential part in the vicissitudes and vagaries that occurred in the life of man since ages. Man, was the first means of conveyance, followed by the sledge and the wheel, which ...
  • Development of Syncretic Mystical Christianity in China - A resultant of its spread by the Silk Road:-A brief comparative overview of the pattern of evangelization, the cross- influences and the result 
    Johns, J. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The Silk Road which passed through Central Asia to the East- linked the West with regions like India and China, facilitating the trade of silk and other commodities like horses and tea, but as a by-product, exchange of ...
  • A Survey of Mughal Caravanserais in Eastern Punjab (India) 
    Johar, S.; Chopra, K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In the Mughal period, there was a large flow of people and goods along the Agra- Lahore Highway. To support the transit along the Mughal route, there were few infrastructure built up along the roadways like kos-minars, ...
  • History and narratives of the chariot festival in the Serampore subdivision of West Bengal 
    Chatterjee, S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Serampore is an old tract or region of Hooghly between the dry bed of the river Saraswati and Hooghly. Serampore and its adjacent areas were under the administrative control of Saptagram Government and were under the ...
  • Railway Expansion in Central Provinces (Middle India) during colonial Period 
    Koreti, S.I. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Transport is an important infrastructure indispensable for the development process of a country. Without proper means of transport and communications it may not be possible for any government to administer a vast country ...
  • Mobility and Migration of Indians to Sri Lanka 
    Dwivedi, R.K. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The paper presents the evolution of cultures from the footprints to highways through the ages between India and Sri Lanka. It focuses on the theoretical aspects of mobility of people, ideas and culture through the land, ...
  • Tale of the Colombo-Kandy Road (A1) construction: beside travelling and transportation 
    Samaratunga, I. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The subjected road of this study is called Colombo-Kandy A1, which was an alternative to the early Colombo-Kandy route which passes through Hanwella, Ruwanwella and Balana. After defeating the Uva-Wellassa uprising in 1818; ...
  • How to Modernize a Society with Transportation: Colonial Ceylon in the Late 19th Century 
    Wijesuriya, D. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In this research paper on industrial archaeology, the intent is to demonstrate how novel modern transport from Europe was established and integrated into late 19th century Ceylonese society known for its deeply rooted ...
  • Impact of Road Beauty on Drivers Mind 
    Herath, O.V. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    As Martti I. Jaatinen, a Finnish architect defined a good road in his book entitled “Tie suomalaisessa maisemassa” (The Road in the Finnish Landscape) in 1967, “A good road is a living, total work that arises from a vision, ...
  • Preservation of Railways Heritage in Pakistan 
    Haider, S.M.; Batool, S. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    The history of Pakistan Railways is rooted in the North Western Railways established in 1884, following amalgamation of the Punjab, Scinde and the Delhi Railways dating back to 1850s. The railways landscape in the country, ...
  • Pilgrimage - Amalgamating Humanity with Divinity 
    Badikillaya, G.U. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    This paper is an attempt to understand how the Buddhist pilgrimage centres in India came into existence, who started the trail, what motivated devotees to undertake such travels, the route charting and its spread from the ...
  • Tour itinerary and old travelogue 
    Ahmed, M. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    A tourist road that includes visits to a variety of historical sites, places of cultural interest, or innate attractions an itinerary undertaken for literary, cultural, educational, health, or sports purposes. Tour itinerary ...
  • Neolithic Cartography and Trade Routes in South Western Coastal Maharashtra, India 
    Rane- Kothare, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Following research paper deals with discovery of new evidences in Western Maharashtra by the author Anita Rane-Kothare of Maps engraved on hillocks, indicating trade routes towards the Deccan plateau from the Neolithic ...
  • A study about Russian transportation methods in famous fairy tale, “Vasilissa-the beautiful” 
    Dabare, D.C. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Russian fairy tales are a mass of folktales which most famous among other countries. There are lots of examinings about the beginning and spreading of these stories. The Russian word “skazki” ,used to identify these ...
  • Ancient corridor of Pakistan linkages with rest of other world and its impact on trade culture and pilgrimages 
    Aslam, N. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    Geographically in ancient times the term Pakistan applied to the North West region of Subcontinent. Owing to its peculiar geographical location ancient Pakistan had been closer contact with Afghanistan, China, Central Asian ...

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