Sirimal Ranawella

Gallage Sirimal Ranawella (Sinhala: සිරිමල් රණවැල්ල) (1921-2021) was a Sri Lankan epigraphist and historian. Life events Ranawella was born in Koggala on 16 October 1921 and at the age of one, he was adopted by his aunt Roslyn Amarasinha (JRASSL, 2010). He completed his early education at Unawatuna Sinhala Buddhist Mixed School in Galle from 1927 to 1939 (JRASSL, 2010). After passing out of school, he worked as a clerk and as an overseer before joining the Ceylon Police service as a policeman where he worked for almost 10 years (JRASSL, 2010). While working in the police service, he joined the Zahira College and later Pembroke College to follow an Advanced Level (A/L) course of study (JRASSL, 2010). In 1953, at the age of 32, Ranawella entered the University of Peradeniya and studied Sinhala, Sanskrit, and Pali and specialized in Sri Lanka history (JRASSL, 2010). After university education, he worked at Dharmaraja College in Kandy as an assistant teacher from 1957 to 1958 (JRASSL, 2010). H…