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Archaeological sites in Sri Lanka. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
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 ...
to know about the ancient methods of controlling the temples; to know the ancient methods of administrating the countries; to know the old social traditions and customs; to get information about the economy of ancient Sri Lanka; to get a knowledge about the evolution of the language and the letters; to get other cultural records
Thonigala Rock Inscriptions (Sinhala: තෝනිගල සෙල් ලිපිය) are two Elu-language inscriptions engraved on a rock situated in Anamaduwa of Sri Lanka, written in Brahmi alphabet. Each inscription is about 100 feet long and each letter is about one feet in height and engraved about one inch deep in to the rock. [1]
The museum is used to exhibit antiquities found from various regions of Sri Lanka such as Buddha statues, Relic caskets, drawings, puppets, coins, jewelries, Beads and other miscellaneous things. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Among these antiquities there is a model of the Abhayagiri Stupa, Jantāgara and Paṁcāvāsa building etc. [ 4 ] Also Anuradhapura ...
Mahathir was an ancient port linking Sri Lanka to India and the Persian Gulf. [ 24 ] The present day Sinhalese are a mixture of the Indo Aryans and the Indigenous [ 25 ] The Sinhalese are recognized as a distinct ethnic group from other groups in neighboring south India based on the Indo-Aryan language, culture, Theravada Buddhism, genetics and ...
The site is thought to belong to the megalithic prehistoric and protohistoric periods of Sri Lanka and is considered one of the several ancient burial sites that have been found in the country. The site is situated on the Kurunegala - Dambulla road approximately five kilometers southwest of Dambulla town.
The pillar inscription was created during the reign of King Udaya IV. [1] [2] It was recorded that the trade had been practised in the market town of Hopitigama.According to the inscription, the traders and the householders of Hopitigama had submitted a petition outlining corruption and bribes done by the village chief, to King Udaya when he visited the Mahiyangana pagoda.