Raj Somadeva

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Raj Somadeva
රාජ් සෝමදේව
Prof. Somadeva in 2022.
Born	Delgahawaththage Raj Kumar Somadeva (1960-11-01) 1 November 1960 (age 64) Wellawaya, Sri Lanka.
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Citizenship	Sri Lanka
Alma mater	University of Kelaniya, Uppsala University
Spouse	Chandrika N. Jayasinghe
Children	one
Awards	Top Ten in Sri Lanka Award for the category of Academic Leadership and Accomplishment (1998) State Literary Award for the Best Academic Publication in English (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology
Institutions	Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya.
Doctoral advisor	Paul Sinclair
Other academic advisors	Senake Bandaranayake
Website	rajsomadeva.com

Delgahawaththage Raj Kumar Somadeva (born 01 November 1960) is a Senior Professor in Archaeology at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology,^[1] University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, and a Senior Fellow of the Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists. He has received the Charles Wallace Research Fellowship from the Institute of Archeology at University College London in 2005.^[2]