Illukpitiya Rajamaha Viharaya at Malayadikanda

Illukpitiya Rajamaha Viharaya and Malayadikanda Archaeological Ruins in Ampara (අම්පාර ඉළුක්පිටිය රජමහා විහාරය හා මලයඩිකන්ද පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

Illukpitiya Rajamaha Viharaya (Malayadikanda Rajamaha Viharaya) complex along with the ruins on the Malayadikanda hillock has been dated to the reign of king Kavantissa of Ruhunu kingdom who ruled from 205 BC to 161 BC.

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Paragahakele caves with Vedda paintings at A.C. Camp

Kotawehera A.C. Camp Archaeological Ruins in Ampara (අම්පාර කොටවෙහෙර ඒ. සී. කඳවුර කැලයේ ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික සිතුවම් සහ පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

The village of Kotawehera of Ampara lies about 8.5 km away on the Inginiyagala Road from the Ampara town. Pre historic paintings in drip ledge caves have been discovered in the jungles surrounding the A.C. Camp Village in Kotawehera.

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Samapura Pullayar Kovil

Samapura Pullayar Kovil Archaeological Ruins in Ampara (අම්පාර සාමපුර පුල්ලියාර් කෝවිල පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

Samapura Pullayar Kovil lies just 800 meters from the Ampara roundabout on the Inginiyagala road adjoining the Ampara Wewa. The Rock plain with chronicles at the premises this Pullayar Kovil has been declared as a protected archaeological site by the Government in 2014.

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Sri Dharmendraramaya Rajamaha Viharaya

Sri Dharmendraramaya Rajamaha Viharaya Archaeological Ruins (උහන ශ්‍රී ධර්මේන්ද්‍රාරාමය රජමහා විහාරය පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

Sri Dharmendraramaya Rajamaha Viharaya in Gonagolla area in Uhana is built upon an ancient temple complex. The ancient ruins found on the grounds of this temple was declared as a protected archaeological site by the Government in 2014.

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Rajagalathenna Divulana Wewa

Rajagalathenna Divulana Wewa and Archaeological Ruins (රජගලතැන්න දිවුලාන වැව සහ පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

Divulana Wewa reservoir is unique in many ways. It is a cluster of 3 reservoirs connected each other creating a single large water body. It is formed by building a 1/2 km dam across the Rajagala Kanda and the Divulana Kanda and fed by Divulana Oya and Nawagiri Oya.

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Gonanpanna Archaeological Ruins in Lathugala

Kossagala Kanda Archaeological Ruins in Lathugala (ලාතුගල කොස්සාගල කන්ද පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

The Kossagala  Kanda is a small hillock with number of drip ledge caves with inscriptions which probably belonged to a forest monastery thousands of years ago in the village of Lathugala.  This site was declared as a protected archaeological site by the Government with the Gazette issued on 10th October 2014

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