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2. Dambulla cave temple - Wikipedia

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   This site is situated 148 kilometres (92 mi) east of Colombo, 72 kilometres (45 mi) north of Kandy and 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Matale. Dambulla is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains. There are more than 80 documented caves in the surrounding area.

3. Kataragama temple - Wikipedia

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   History Origin theories. There are number of theories as to the origin of the shrine. According to Heinz Bechert and Paul Younger, the mode of veneration and rituals connected with Kataragama deviyo is a survival of indigenous Vedda mode of veneration that preceded the arrival of Buddhist and Indo-Aryan cultural influences from North India in Sri Lanka in the last centuries BCE, although ...

4. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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   The site was both a palace and a fortress. The upper palace on the top of the rock includes cisterns cut into the rock. Close up of the Lion's Paw Site plan. Sigiriya is considered to be one of the most important urban planning sites of the first millennium, and the site plan is considered very elaborate and imaginative. The plan combined ...

5. List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   As of 2022, Sri Lanka has eight sites on the list. The first three sites, the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, the Ancient City of Sigiriya, and the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, were listed in 1982. The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites ...

6. Fa Hien Cave - Wikipedia

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   The cave entry Pahiyangala archaeological site Aerial view. Fa Hien Cave, also Pahiyangala Cave, is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical times, namely Buddhist monk Faxian (also Fa-Hien, or Fa Hsien).

7. Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Tombs - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 7°50′14.1″N 80°37′47.6″E. The Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Tombs ( Sinhala: ඉබ්බන්කටුව මෙගාලිතික සුසාන) is an ancient burial site located near Ibbankatuwa Wewa in Galewela DS, Sri Lanka. [1] The site is thought to belong to the megalithic prehistoric and protohistoric periods of ...

8. Archaeological Protected Monuments in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron age), and historical period. The presence of man activities in Sri Lanka probably dates from 75,000 years ago (late Pleistocene period). Prehistoric sites which are presently identified in the country are distributed from the ...

9. Princess Royal to visit landmine clearance site in Sri Lanka

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   Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war between armed separatist Tamil Tiger forces and the Sri Lankan army ended in May 2009 after 26 years, with government troops claiming victory in a conflict that left ...