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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kukku baba" data-source="post: 8663602" data-attributes="member: 249844">Onna ittin... thawa Raja Baduwak add kala. Balannako mokakda may kiyala<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd    :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /> May book ekka Lankaway Monama Library ekakawath thiyenawa da nam kiyala Sure na. Mokada Meka thama Lankaway Print Karapu First book ekka. and it was in Sinhala too <img src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1870/1stsinhalabook.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Meka Print Kalay 1737 Olanda Karayo ( Dutch) "It was in 1737 that the first printing is known to have been done in the island of Ceylon--then under Dutch rule. The Governor, Gustavus Wilhelmus, Baron Imhof, thought it would be advantageous to provide Christian literature for the Buddhist and Mohammedan population, so in 1736 he imported a press. The first book printed on this press is a Singhalese Prayer book in octavo format, in 1737 May book ekkay ada value ekka $57,000. </blockquote>

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