Amazing Lanka – A photo Journey to the Island Nation in the Indian Ocean
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SRI LANKA HAS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY THAT SPANS OVER 2,600 YEARS, BUT THERE ARE FACTS TO SUGGEST THAT SRI LANKA HAD PREHISTORIC HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DATING BACK TO AT LEAST 125,000 YEARS. ITS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND DEEP HARBORS MADE IT OF GREAT STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FROM THE TIME OF THE ANCIENT SILK ROAD THROUGH TO WORLD WAR II. SRI LANKA IS A DIVERSE COUNTRY, HOME TO MANY RELIGIONS, ETHNICITIES AND LANGUAGES. IT IS THE LAND OF THE SINHALESE, SRI LANKAN TAMILS, MOORS, INDIAN TAMILS, BURGHERS, MALAYS, KAFFIRS AND THE ABORIGINAL VEDDA. SRI LANKA HAS A RICH BUDDHIST HERITAGE, AND THE FIRST KNOWN BUDDHIST WRITINGS OF SRI LANKA, THE PĀLI CANON, DATES BACK TO THE FOURTH BUDDHIST COUNCIL IN 29 BCE .
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS TO CREATE A DEEPER AWARENESS OF ALL THE ATTRACTIONS OF SRI LANKA THUS DEVELOP A RICHER APPRECIATION OF WHAT OUR ANCESTORS AND NATURE HAS PROVIDED US WITH.
SRI LANKA IS HOME TO ONE OF OLDEST CIVILIZATIONS IN THE WORLD WITH A WRITTEN HISTORY COVERING THE LAST 2600 YEARS.
SRI LANKAN CIVILIZATION WAS NATURED AND NOURISHED BY BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY AND WAS BUILT ON A THEME KNOWN AS “WAWAI DAGOBAI, GAMAI PANSALAI” WHICH SIMPLY MEANS EVERY VILLAGE CONSISTED OF A IRRIGATION TANK, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE AND A STUPA.
SEVEN PLACES IN SRI LANKA HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS WORLD HERITAGE SITES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORLD CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE ADOPTED BY UNESCO ON NOVEMBER 16, 1972. SRI LANKANS ARE PROUD TO HAVE SEVEN WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SUCH A SMALL COUNTRY.
SRI LANKAN CIVILIZATION WAS NATURED AND NOURISHED BY BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY AND WAS BUILT ON A THEME KNOWN AS “WAWAI DAGOBAI, GAMAI PANSALAI” WHICH SIMPLY MEANS EVERY VILLAGE CONSISTED OF A IRRIGATION TANK, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE AND A STUPA.
SEVEN PLACES IN SRI LANKA HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS WORLD HERITAGE SITES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORLD CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE ADOPTED BY UNESCO ON NOVEMBER 16, 1972. SRI LANKANS ARE PROUD TO HAVE SEVEN WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SUCH A SMALL COUNTRY.
Heritage of Sri Lanka (New Additions)
Ruins of Mahavihara Refractory Hall of Anuradhapura Kingdom (අනුරාධපුර මහා විහාරීය දාන ශාලාව)The Refractory Hall (Alms Hall or Chatussala) has been built by king Devanampiya Tissa in the 3rd century BCE. This has been restored by Vasabha in in the the 3rd century CE. This building corresponds with the Alms hall found at Mihintale for it has the same architectural design found here. […]
Archaeological Ruins of Kottadamuhela in Yala National Park (යාල කොටාදැමූහෙළ පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන්)Kottadamuhela is one of the many rocky outcrops in Yala with ruins of the ancient Rununu kingdom in the pre christian era. This site consists of two ruined stupas on the peaks and number of caves with dripledges with Brahmi inscriptions. These inscriptions have been dated to 2nd century BCE. […]
Archaeological Ruins of Mandagala in Yala National Park (යාල මණ්ඩාගල පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන්)Mandagala is one of the many rocky outcrops in Yala with ruins of the ancient Rununu kingdom in the pre christian era. Very few from relevant authorities have visited these rocky hill-tops packed with caves with ancient ledge inscriptions. These inscriptions have been dated from 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE. […]
Archaeological Ruins of Dematagala in Yala National Park (යාල දෙමටගල පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන්)Dematagala is the highest rock of the Yala Strict Nature Reserve (Block 2) and much of the surround country. During early 20th century 51 drip ledged caves and a remains of a large stupa was recorded at peak of Dematagala. The inscriptions at the site have been dated to 2nd century BC. […]
Archaeological Ruins of Lunuatugalge in Yala National Park (යාල ලුණුඅටුගල්ගේ පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන්)Lunuatugalge is a massive cave 5 km south of Thalaguruhela Monastery ruins. This fabulous rock, rising 400 feet in a gentle arc sheltering one of the most beautiful caves in Sri Lanka. It is approximately 200 feet long and as much as 30 feet broad in places, and had evidently housed many families in ancient times. […]
Kanabiso Galge Archaeological Ruins in Yala (යාළ කනබිසෝ ගල්ගේ නටබුන්)Knabiso Galge, also called Kanabisunge Galge, was reported to be in a remarkable state of preservation in 1974. The white lime-washed walls of this cave that nestles under a crag 200 feet above the plains, were still intact. So are its two little windows and its door through which bear and leopard now stalk seeking shelter […]
Padikema Pathanangala Ruins in Yala National Park (යාල පඩිකෙම පතනන්ගල නටබුන්)Above the rock water-hole called Padikema has on its sloping, upper western face an artificial arrangement of boulders and stone blocks, now much displaced, forming three sides of a rectangle, the fourth side being formed by the natural row of summit boulders beneath which were constructed, in pre-Christian times, several caves. […]
Archaeological Ruins of Silavakanda in Yala National Park (යාල සීලවකන්ද පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන්)Almost all the rocky outcrops in this jungle are dotted with ruins of Buddhist monasteries. Silavakanda is the name given to a series of rock-groups about one mile north-east of Magul Maha Viharaya. The highest point of this rocky outcrop is 354 feet high. The caves are not close together but are spaced fairly far apart and some of them are of large size. […]
Modaragala Ruins in Yala National Park (යාල මෝදරගල නටබුන්)Almost all the rocky outcrops in this jungle are dotted with ruins of Buddhist monasteries. Moderagala is a prominent, pointed rock 228 feet high, visible from certain points on the Yala-Katagamuwa Road. Around it are four or five other high rocks and numerous boulders and outcrops. One of these higher rocks lies a stupa ruined by time and treasure hunters. At the lower levels are about a dozen drip-ledged caves, three of which bear inscriptions. […]
Kongala Ruins in Yala (යාළ කෝන්ගල නටබුන්)The Kongala rock where ruins are found is 285 ft. in height. Four dilapidated stupas are seen on the four rocky hillocks. All the ruins in this complex are vandalised and destroyed by treasure hunters. […]
ALTHOUGH THE LAND AREA OF SRI LANKA IS RELATIVELY SMALL, IT HAS A WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ECOSYSTEMS DUE TO DIFFERENT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND TOPOGRAPHY AND HAS A LARGE VARIETY OF FLORA AND FAUNA. THE FORESTS ARE ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE THE BIODIVERSITY OF LANKABE IS AT ITS MAXIMUM BECAUSE OF THE RARE FLORA AND FAUNA ENDEMIC TO SRI LANKA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SRI LANKA IS ONE OF THE 34 BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN THE WORLD.
Wildlife and Biodiversity of Sri Lanka (New Additions)
Adam’s Bridge Shoals Between Sri Lanka and India (රාම සේතු පාලම)Adam’s Bridge, also called Rama’s Bridge, or Rama Sethu is a sting of shoals between Mannar Island, off the northwest coast of Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram Island, off the southeast coast of India. The so called bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). […]
Angammedilla National Park (අංගම්මැඩිල්ල ජාතික වනෝද්යානය)Angammedilla National Park is a lesser known and lesser visited national park situated in Polonnaruwa. Angammedilla was a forest reserve within the Minneriya-Girithale Sanctuary declared on 12 February 1988 and was promoted to a National Park on 6tb June 2006. This was mainly to protect the catchment area of the Parakrama Samudraya or the Sea of Parakrama. […]
Chundikulam National Park (චුණ්ඩිකුලම ජාතික වනෝද්යානය)Chundikkulam Lagoon and its surrounding area was designated as a bird sanctuary on in 1938 and became a national park in 2015. Chundikkulam Lagoon is partly surrounded by mangrove swamps and seagrass beds. The surrounding area includes palmyra palm trees, scrub forests and a variety of dry […]
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ තල්මසුන් නැරඹුම් ස්ථානලෝකය වෙනත් තල්මසුන් සංගණනය කරද්දී ශ්රී ලංකාව වටා තල්මසුන්ගේ කුඩා ජනගහනයක් වසර 30 ක් පැවති ත්රස්තවාදී යුද්ධය හේතුවෙන් කිසිවෙකුට නොදැනී සහ පාලනයකින් තොරව වර්ධනය වෙමින් පැවතුනි. 2009 යුද්ධය අවසන් වීමෙන් පසු ලංකාව වටා ස්ථාන 3 ක් නිල් තල්මසුන්, ඔක්රා තල්මසුන් (මිනීමරු තල්මසුන්), ස්පර්ම් වේල් තල්මසුන්, නියමු තල්මසුන්, මෝරා තල්මසුන් සහ ඩොල්ෆින් රංචු විශාල ලෙස සොයා ගන්නා ලදී. […]- Whale Watching in Sri LankaWhile the world was counting whales elsewhere a small population of whales around Sri Lanka, was growing unseen and unchecked by everybody due to the 30 years of old terrorist war. […]
Hiyare Reservoir Rainforest and Biodiversity Research Center – ගාල්ල හියාරේ රක්ෂිතයHiyare is a secondary lowland rain forest with a high diversity and endemism of species. There are 12 species of dragonflies and 3 butterfly species endemic to this area. […]
Pigeon Island National Park (පරෙවි දූපත් ජාතික වනෝද්යානය)Pigeon Island National Park consists of two small islands off the east coast north of Trincomalee and is popular destination for scuba diving and snorkeling. […]
Lunugamvehera National Park – ලුනුගම්වෙහෙර ජාතික වනෝද්යානයThe Lunugamvehera National Park was established for protection as a corridor for elephant migration from the Yala National Park to the Uda Walawe National Park's Western region […]
Lahugala Kitulana National Park – ලාහුගල කිතුලාන ජාතික වනෝද්යානයThe Lahugala Kitulana National Park lies in the eastern boarders of Sri Lanka is most popular for its free roaming Elephants and the abundance of local and migratory birds. […]
Horagolla National Park – හොරගොල්ල ජාතික වනෝද්යානයHoragolla National Park is the smallest National park in Sri Lanka. It is situated about 40 km from on a Colombo on a block of land which was part of the Horagolla Estate of the Bandaranayake Family. […]
CONSIDERING ITS SIZE, SRI LANKA PERHAPS HAS THE LARGEST DENSITY WATERFALLS IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE CLOSE TO 500 KNOWN WATERFALLS NAMED AND UNNAMED, SEASONAL AND PERENNIAL WITH THE TALLEST BEING 241 METERS AT BAMBARAKANDA
Waterfalls of Sri Lanka (New Additions)
Kithal Ella Waterfall (The Original Ravana Ella) – කිතල් ඇල්ලKithal Ella Waterfall is only accessible over railway track which travels on the famous Nine Arch Bridge. This waterfall is generally considered the real Ravana Ella Waterfall due the close proximity of the Ravana Cave. […]
Kasimani Ella (Madabaddara Ella) Falls – කාසිමනී ඇල්ල (මඩබද්දර ඇල්ල)The waterfall is not so popular outside the Dethabadakanda village and thus remains unspoiled. The villagers may not know the name Kasimani Ella so you may have to try the names "Madabaddara Ella" or "Kiriella Ella" asking for directions. […]
Ilumbakanda Ran Ella Waterfall – ඉලුඹකන්ද රන් ඇල්ලIlumbakanda is a remote village in Kalawana surrounded by the Sinharaja jungle from 3 sides. This hidden waterfall lies on the southern border of the Sinharaja Jungles. […]
Bulatkohupitiya Welanda Ella Falls – බුලත්කොහුපිටිය වෙළඳ ඇල්ලWelanda waterfall lies on a small stream thus there is never lot of water even during the raining season. It almost dries up during the dry season and not worth the visit. Although there is not much water, this water falls over a wide rock edge creating a thin but wide vail during the raining seasons. […]
හේවාඉන්න ඇල්ලහේවායින්න ගම්මානයට යන මාර්ගය ලබුගම - පුවක්පිටිය මාර්ගයේ පිහිටා ඇත. මෙම මාර්ගයේ මීටර් 500 ක් පමණ දුරින් ජනප්රිය කුමාරි ඇල්ල පිහිටා ඇත. එම මාර්ගය ඔස්සේ තවත් මීටර් 250 ක් ගමන් කළ විට පුළුල් නමුත් කුඩා දිය ඇල්ලක් වන හේවායින්න ඇල්ල වෙත පැමිණිය හැකිය. […]- Hewainna Ella WaterfallHewainna Falls is a wide but small waterfall. The fall is evenly spread along the full length of the river and drops in 2 steps. The first one is about 1 meter in height and the second one is about 2 meters in height. […]
පතුලේ සිට මුදුන නොපෙනෙන කුරුඳු ඔය ඇල්ලකුරුඳු ඔය දිය ඇල්ලේ උස මීටර් 189කි. අඩි 676 කි. කුරුඳු ඔය දිය ඇල්ල පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ඉතාමත් අප්රකටය. එය තිබෙන්නේ කොහේද කියාවත් දන්නා අය ඇත්තේ අතළොස්සකි. […]
Sudugala Ella Falls – සුදුගල ඇල්ලSudugala Ella Falls is also known as Heightenford Falls and Galpoththa Ella Falls. The width of the waterfall exceeds 60 meters and the water slides over over a slanting rock bed. […]
CONSIDERED THE LOST PARADISE BY ANCIENT TRAVELERS DUE TO WHAT NATURE HAS OFFERED IN FORM OF PRISTINE BEACHES TO ROMANTIC LANDSCAPES GOVERNED BY RISING MOUNTAINS, LUSH FORESTS, TANKS AS LARGE AS OCEANS AND ROAMING ANIMALS, SOME MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS WHO FIRST LANDED IN SRI LANKA BELIEVED THAT THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THE ORIGINAL GARDEN OF EDEN.
Attractions of of Sri Lanka (New Additions))
The Tamarind Tree of Leonard Woolf (ලෙනාර්ඩ් වුල්ෆ් නඩු ඇසූ සියඹලා ගස)The Tamarind Tree in the novel Village in the Jungle by Leonard Wolf is the tree which he used to hold the mobile court when he visited the area during 1908-1911. The tree lies hidden adjoining the main road in Meegahajandura between Udawalawe - Thanamalwila road and Hambantota, A billboard lies underneath the tree identifying the significance of the tree. […]
Wannaku Tissahami Vedda of Savage Sanctuary (වන සරණේ වන්නකු තිසාහාමිගේ සොහොන)This is the tomb of Wananku Tissahami, the legendry Vedda who rattled the British by killing multiple government officials but became a friend of doctor R.L. Spittel so much that he wrote the widely popular novel "Savage Sanctuary" based on Tissahami's life. […]
Akuressa Thalahagama Diya Bubula (තලහගම දිය බුබුල)Thalahagama is a village belonging to Matara District in the Southern Province. Thalahagama is popular for its natural water spring eternally flowing from a well. The Diya Bubula (water spring) lies at the edge of a lush paddy field close to the road. Its not visible to the main road and insignificant foot path leads to the bubula and the paddy field. […]
Kosgahadola Diya Bubula (කොස්ගහදොළ දිය බුබුල)The Diya Bubula at Kosgahadola (water spring) lies some distance above the waterfall and the water joins the Kosgahadola steam. Traveling upstream over slippery rocks, it is amazing how a stream of water naturally emerges from a delicate crack in the rock. A small circular tank has been built at that place in later times to surrounding the constantly flowing stream. […]
Rangama Pihilla on Embekka Devala Road (ඇම්බැක්ක දේවාල මාර්ගයේ රන්ගම පිහිල්ල)The village adjoining Embekka Devalaya is known as Rangama. There is a cave at a higher elevation with a drip-ledge. This locality is called Gallenwatta. The spout flowing through the cave is named Ran Pihilla. This name was given to the spout as it had been used by Queen Henakanda Biso Bandara. […]
Umandawa Global Buddhist Village (උමංදාව විශ්ව බෞද්ධ ගම්මානය)Umandawa Global Buddhist Village (or Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery) is a recently developed so called Buddhist religious village operated by the controversial monk named Siri Samanthabhadra Thero. […]
Pungudutivu Lighthouse in JaffnaPungudutivu is an island in Jaffna peninsula separated from the mainland from east by a shallow channel approximately 3.5 km away. A 3.8 km causeway connects this island to mainland. A 1.75 km wide channel to Nainativu separates the island from the west. […]- Adam’s Bridge Shoals Between Sri Lanka and India (රාම සේතු පාලම)Adam’s Bridge, also called Rama’s Bridge, or Rama Sethu is a sting of shoals between Mannar Island, off the northwest coast of Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram Island, off the southeast coast of India. The so called bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). […]
SRI LANKA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD WHO INVENTED AND PERFECTED THE VALVE PIT SYSTEM CALLED BISO KOTUWA WHICH ENABLED THEM TO CREATE GIGANTIC IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS STARTING FROM 3RD CENTURY BC. THE EUROPEANS DISCOVERED AND USED THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND BY THIS TIME, SRI LANKA HAD ALREADY BUILD OVER 30,000 TANKS WHICH USED THE BISO KOTUWAS TO MANAGE PRESSURE CREATED BY THE GIGANTIC WATER VOLUMES
Water Heritage of Sri Lanka (New Additions)
Ancient Minipe Amuna (Manimekhala Amuna) over Mahaweli (පැරණි මිණිපේ අමුණ)The Pabbatahata Ela now identified as the Minipe Canal is the product of the the great reservoir builder, king Mahasen (276-303 CE). However the Minipe Amuna a (Manimekhala Amuna) has been built later by king Aggabodhi I (575-608 CE) […]
Ma Oya Yaka Bendi Ella Amuna (මා ඔය යකා බැඳි ඇල්ල අමුණ)Evidence of the ancient amuna (dam) at Yaka Bendi Ella built across Ma Oya can be found in the area around Nalla near Giriulla town in Pitigal Korale in Kurunegala district. After traveling about 24 km from Minuwangoda passing Divulapitiya and Kotadeniyawa towards Giriulla, you can turn south from Nalla village and locate this this place on the Ma Oya river. […]
Ancient Ellagala Naka Amuna across Kirindi Oya (ඇල්ලේගල නකා අමුණ)Today aka Amuna consists of several undressed stones scattered on the river as well as outside the waterline. Except for the remnants of the earthen wall of this construction, no other parts were visible on the ground. […]
Ancient Ellegala Amuna across Kirindi Oya (පුරාණ ඇල්ලේගල අමුණ)Ellegala Amuna is a site of an ancient anicut built across the upper floodplain of the Kirindi Oya. The main purpose of the canal, especially during floods, was to divert excess water from the reservoir at Ellegala to Tissa Wewa situated close to the urban hub of Tissamaharama. […]- Ancient Weerawila Gal Amuna across Kirindi Oya (වීරවිල ගල් අමුණ)Weerawila Gal Amuna (Galamuna) is a site, where one of the earliest irrigation dams was built across the Kirindi Oya. This would have been a small stone built dam constructed for the purpose of controlling the floods of the main stream. At present there is no evidence of the ancient dam at the site except the large natural stones lying in the riverbed. […]
Mahiyanganaya Kelewala Udaththuwa Wewa (Uda Wewa) – මහියංගණය කැලෑවල උඩත්තුව වැව (උඩ වැව)Uda Wewa uses a sluice gate similar to Sorabora Wewa without the use of a Bisokotuwa. Using the natural rock to build the sluice gate seems be unique to Bulatha and these two tanks are the only 2 known reservoirs in the ancient irrigation history of Sri Lanka to use this technology. […]
Ancient Peraru Amuna Hidden off the Jungles of MulathivuFrom the shape of the pin holes made in the stone slabs used to make this Amuna, it is clear that this has been built during the Anuradhapura era. One river bank of the two of the embankment has been systematically prepared using gravel and stone blocks, and the second bank has been prepared using natural rock and embankments has been placed only in the necessary places. […]
Kuda Vilachchiya Wewa and its Ruins inside WilpattuThis ancient reservoir of Kuda Vilachchiya is believed to have been built by King Wasaba (67-111 AD). Since it lies in the thick jungle of Wilpattu national park where the public has no access, those who are doing the surveys have to first obtain permission to enter the park and then travel by a tractor to a certain distance and lead the rest of the journey by foot. […]
හබගම පුරාණ ගල් පාලම ගල් අමුණ නටබුණ් – Ruins of Habagama Gal Palama and Amunaහොරොව්පතාන, හබගම යාන් ඔයේ ගල් තලාවක් හරහා ඇති ගල් කණු සහ ගල් පුවරු වල නටබුන් මෙම මාර්ගයේ වැටී ඇති අනුරාධපුරයෙන් පිටවන ප්රධාන මාර්ගයක් පෙන්නුම් කරමින් ගඟ හරහා ඉපැරණි ගල් පාලමක් සංකේතවත් කරයි. […]
පනෝවා ප්රදේශය සශ්රීක කල කන්තලේ වැවවිවිධ වකවානු වල ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරය කොට සටහන් ලියා තැබූ අය අතින් මහත් වර්ණනාවට ලක් වූ පැරණි ජලාශය කුමක් ද යන්න විමසුව හොත් මුල් ම තැන හිමි වන්නේ කන්තලේ වැවට ය. හබරණ සිට ත්රිකුණාමලයට යන අයෙකු නොවරදවාම පසු කරන කන්තලේ වැව, ප්රධාන මාර්ගයක පිහිටීම නිසාත් එයට ම ආවේණික පරිසර පද්ධතිය නිසාත් මෙම මගෙහි ගමන් කරන කිසිවකුට මඟ නොහැරේ. […]
IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE FIRST SETTLERS FROM INDIA HAD REACHED SRI LANKA AT LEAST AS EARLY AS ONE MILLION YEARS AGO – PERHAPS EARLIER.
BY ABOUT 125,000 BP IT IS CERTAIN THAT THERE WERE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS IN SRI LANKA FROM THE EVIDENCE DISCOVERED AT BUNDALA. NUMBER OF CAVE SITES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED WITH EVIDENCE OF PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS HAS BEEN FOUND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BY ABOUT 125,000 BP IT IS CERTAIN THAT THERE WERE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS IN SRI LANKA FROM THE EVIDENCE DISCOVERED AT BUNDALA. NUMBER OF CAVE SITES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED WITH EVIDENCE OF PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS HAS BEEN FOUND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
Pre Historical sites of Sri Lanka (New Additions)
Prehistoric Minihagalkanda in Yala (ප්රාග් ඓතිහාසික යාළ මිනිහාගල්කන්ද)Less than two miles along the coast from Pillinnawa modera, towards Pothana, is a ridge that rises steeply above the shore. At the base of the cliff are rocks eroded into the shape of a man, which gives the cliff its name Minihagalkanda (miniha-gal-kanda). […]
Yapahuwa Megalithic Burial Site (Gal Sohon Kanatta) – යාපහුව මෙගලිතික ආදි මානව සුසාන භූමිය (ගල් සොහොන් කනත්ත)The prehistoric and historic heritage in the surrounding area of Yapahuwa has been preserved in the stone caves, rock shelters, inscriptions, graves and other ruins.. This rather unknown stone cist burial site in Yapahuwa called "Gal Sohon Kanatta" (stone tomb cemetery) by locals lies just 720 meters south to the popular Yapahuwa rock. […]
යාන් ඔය නිම්නයේ සැඟවුණු කොක්එබේ මෙගලිතික සුසාන භූමියකොක්එබේ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයේ කහටගස්දිගිලිය ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ටාශයේ දුෂ්කර ගම්මානයකි. කෝන්වැව කොක්එබේ ගම්මානයට ඇති ආසන්නම ගම්මානය වේ. […]- Kokebe Megalithic Burial Grounds in Yan Oya Valley – කොක්ඇබේ මෙගලිතික සුසාන භූමියKokebe is a remote village in the Kahatagasdigiliya Divisional Secretariat Division in the Anuradhapura District. Konwewa is the nearest village to Kokebe. […]
මාදුරුඔය නිම්නයේ සැඟවුණු වඩමුනයි (වඩමුනේ) මෙගලිතික සුසාන භූමිය – Wadamunai (Wadamune) Megalithic Burial Grounds in Maduru Oya Valleyසෙවනපිටිය සිට මොරවැව හරහා අලි ඇතුන් ගහන මහ චනය සිසාරා කිලෝ මීටර් 05 ක් පමණ ගමන් කළ විට අදින් වසර දහස් ගණනකට පෙර මැටි භාජන පරිහරණය කරන ලද සංවිධානාත්මක ලෙස මළ සිරුරු මිහිදන් කළ දියුණු ශිෂ්ටාචාරවාසී මිනිසුන් වාසය කළ භූමියක් වඩමුනේදී හඳුනා ගත හැකි වෙයි. […]
ගුරුගල්හින්න මෙගලිතික සුසාන භූමිය – Gurugalhinna Megalithic Burial Grounds1970 දශකයේ දී පුරාචිද්යා දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ රාජා දසිල්වා විසින් ගුරුගල්හින්න ආශි්රත ව කැණීම් සිදු කර තිබෙන අතර එම සුසානය විද්යාත්මක ලෙස කාලනීර්ණය කර නොමැත. නමුත් එහි තිබෙන පූවරුවට අනුව මෙම සුසාන භූමිය ක්රිස්තු පූර්ව 7 වන සියවස හා ක්රිස්තු වර්ෂ 3 වන සියවස අතර භාවිතා කර ඇති බව සඳහන් වේ. […]
බලංගොඩ බෙලිගල්ලෙන ප්රාග් ඓතිහාසික ලෙන – Balangoda Beligallena Prehistoric Caveවිසිවන ශතවර්ෂයේ මුල් කාලයේදී රජයේ ප්රධාන ඛනිජ සම්පත් පර්යේෂකයා වූ පාර්සන්ස් (Parsons) විසින් බඹරබොටුව ආසන්නයේ දික්මුකලාන තේ වත්තේ පිහිටි බෙලිගල්ලෙන ලෙන කැනීමට ලක්කොට අඩි 8ක් ගැඹුරින් මිනිස් සැකිලි කොටස් කීපයක් අනාවරණය කොට ගෙන තියනවා. එමෙන් ම ලංකාවේ ප්රාග් ඓතිහාසික යුගයේ දි ශිලාමෙවලම් සඳහා මූලික වශයෙන් ක්වාට්ස් හා කහද පාෂාණ යොදාගෙන ඇති බව පෙන්වා දී තියනවා. […]
Mayakkai Prehistoric Limestone Caves in Jaffna – යාපනය මායක්කායි ප්රාග් ඓතිහාසික හිරිගල් ගුහාA couple of limestone caves in Mayakkai, Jaffna peninsula from which prehistoric stone hand axes have been discovered. No proper scientific research has been carried out at this site yet. […]
Waulpane Limestone Caves – වවුල්පනේ හුණුගල් ගුහාවWaulpone Caves ulpone, the 'legendary Rock Cave' with the unexpected archaeological evidence of a civilisation, tens of thousand years old, runs back to the time of the "Balangoda Man". […]
Agbopura Megalithic (Sumerian) Ancient Burial Site – අග්බෝපුර මෙගලිතික (සුමේරියන්) ආදි මානව සුසාන භූමියThe Megalithic Burial Ground at Agbopura in Vavuniya district was first discovered in 1970s and it was reported at almost 100 burials have been discovered spread over an area of 25 acres. […]