Research

Research & academic activities

Sri Lanka

Archaeological Department (Colombo) 1983, 1984, 1990-1997.
National Museum (Colombo), from 1983, 1984, 1990-1994.
Central Cultural Fund, Sigiriya Project, 1985, 1990, Jetavanarama Project, 1993-94, Abhayagiriya Project, 1992-1994,
Excavations at Ridiyagama, July-August 1995; July-August 1996; Kelaniya July-August 1997; Pandirendawa from July-August 1998 to January 2004 under the Joint project: French Mission of Archaeological Co-operation & Archaeological Department.
Database of the collection in the Archaeological Museum of Anuradhapura, July-August 2008.
Database of the collection in the Archaeological Museum of Yatala (Tissamaharama), July-August 2009.
Underwater excavations at Godavaya shipwreck, December 2010, December 2011.

France

Cabinet des Médailles (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris) since 1982.
Musée Guimet (Paris) since 1981.
Archaeological excavations at Argentomagus, France, Gallo-Roman city, under the Institute of Archaeology, Sorbonne University (July and August 1982)
Centre d’Archéologie, École Normale Supérieure, French National Centre for Scientific Research (C.N.R.S.) since 1980.
Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, November, 2024.

England

British Museum (London), 1985-2001, June 2012. May 2019.
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), 1985, 1986, 1989-1994, June 2012.
Fitzwiliam Museum (Cambridge) 1990, 1992, 2011.
British Library, May 2019.

Greece

Archaeological excavations at Thasos, under the French School of Athens, August 1985.
Hellenic Numismatic Society, Athens, February, 1996, June 1999.
Numismatic Collection of the Alpha Credit Bank, Athens, February, 1996, June 1999.

Germany

Munzkabinett, Bodemuseen, Berlin1988.
Private Collections of Dr. W. Pieper Aachen), and Dr. Jens Schumann (Hambourg) May 1993.
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, July 2015.
Humboldt Forum, Berlin, May 2022, October 2022.
Altes Museum, Berlin, May 2022, October 2023, May 2023.
Neus Museum, Berlin, May 2022, October 2023, May 2023

U.S.A.

The American Numismatic Society, (New York) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, March-April 1995.
Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.), 1989, 1990,1991 & 2012.
Museum of Fine Arts, (Boston) 1989. April 2012.
Fogg Museum, University of Harvard (Cambridge) 1989.
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, March 2011 & 2012.
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, April 2012.
Los Angeles County Museum, April 2012.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, March 2012.
The Art Institute of Chicago, October 2012.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 2012.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, October 2012.

Russia

Cabinet des Médailles (Paris) since 1982.
Musée Guimet (Paris) since 1981.
Archaeological excavations at Argentomagus, France, Gallo-Roman city, under the Institute of Archaeology, Sorbonne University (July and August 1982)
Centre d’Archéologie, École Normale Supérieure, French National Centre for Scientific research (C.N.R.S.) since 1983.

Uzbzkistan

Tashkent Museum, (Tashkent) October1990, August 2004.
Samarkand Museum (Samarkand) October1990, August 2004.
Termez Museum, (Termez) August 2004.

India

National Museum (New Delhi) December 1990, August1992, December 2004, February 2023.
State Museum (Mathura) December 1990, December 2004.
National Museum (Allhabad) December 1990.
Bharat Kala Bhavan (Banaras) December 1990, October 2008.
Indian Museum (Calcutta) December 1990; February 2011,February 2023.
State Museum (Lucknow) January 1991.
Prince of Wales Museum (Bombay) January 1991 and November 2011.
Archaeological Museum of Pondicherry April 1997, January 1998.
Department of Archaeology, Tamil University, Tanjavur, April 1997, February 1998 and et January 2004.
Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training, Calcutta, January 2004.
Museums of Madras; Amaravati and Nagajunakonda, August 2006.
Archaeological Museum of Chandigarh, November 2011.
Archaeological Museum of Bodhgaya, February 2023.
Archaeological Museum of Nalanda, February 2023.
Bihar Museum, Patna, February 2023.

Pakistan

Lahore Museum (Lahore) January 1991, January 1998, November 2004, February 2025.
Taxila Museum (Taxila) January 1991, November 1994, November 2004, February 2025.
Peshawar Museum (Peshawar) February 1991, November 1994, February 2025.
Archaeological Museum (Said-u-Sharif) February 1991, February 2025.

Poland

Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Lodz, October 1993.
Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Krakov, October 1993.

Austria

Munzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum, (Vienna), April 1996; May 2004.

Japan

National Bank of Japan, Tokyo, August 1995.
Hirayama Centre for Silk Road Studies, Kamakura, August 1995, May 1999.
Miho Museum, Kyoto, may 1999; October 2002.
The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum Foundation, Hokuto City, May 2012.
Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 2006, May 2012.
Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo, May 2012.
National Museum, Tokyo, December 2006.
Matsuoka Museum of Art, Shinbashi, Tokyo. May 2012.
Ryukoku University Museum, Kyoto, May 2012.
Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, May 2012.

Afghanistan

Kabul Museum (on UNESCO Mission). August 2002.

Switzerland

Private collection of Mr. René Russek, Zurich January 2003.
Rietberg Museum, Zürich, October 2014.

Italy

Oriental Museum, Rome, September 2004 and 2008, June 2012, September 2022.
Capitoline Museums, Rome, September 2004, September 2022.
National Roman Museum, Rome, September 2004, September 2022.
Palazzo Massimo, Rome, September 2004, September 2022.

Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, April 2006 ; November 2019.

Denmark

Medaillesamling, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, June 2006

China

Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, December 2006

Thailand

Ecole française de l’extrême orient, Ayutthaya, Bangkok, January, 2008.
National Museum, Bangkok, January, 2008, March 2025.

Cambodia

Ecole française de l’extrême orient, Angkor, Siem Reap, January, 2008.

Australia

Australian Centre for Numismatic Studies, Macquaire University, Macquaire, May, 2008.

Brazil

Gandharan art collection of Mr. J. Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, May 2010

Portugal

Collection of M. Filipe de Pina, Lisbon, June 2011.

Sweden

The Museumof Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, July 2012.

Norway

The National Museumof Art, Oslo, July 2012

Singapore

Singapore Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, August 2012.

Indonesia

Nation Museum of Java, Jakarta, September 2012 & 2018.

Czech Republic

Czech National Museum, Prague, October 2012.

Myanmar

National Museum, Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay et Srishestra, December 2015.

Morocco

National Museum, Rabat, June 2019.