Education
Studied at Richmond College, Galle.
Studied at Richmond College, Galle.
Assistant Librarian, Colombo Museum, 1886-1894. Assistant to the Ceylon Archaeological Commissioner, 1891-1893. Pursued special studies in archaiology, philology, et cetera, at Universities of Erlangen, Munich, and Berlin, 1893-1895 (Muir Prize, Berlin University, 1895).
Specially employed in British Museum, 1895-1900.
Librarian and Assistant Keeper, Indian Institute, Oxford. University Lecturer in Tamil and Telugu. Jesus College Lecturer in Pali and Prakrit.
Epigraphist to the Ceylon Government Archaeological Survey.