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Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...
Graphite mines in Sri Lanka (3 P) This page was last edited on 2 November 2019, at 04:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
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 ...
The number of stone inscriptions that have been found in Sri Lanka to date is over 4000. Considering their locations and their appearances, for the ease of studying, they are classified as follows: Considering their locations and their appearances, for the ease of studying, they are classified as follows:
This site may have been important in the competition between the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions in ancient Sri Lanka. In Professor Senarath Paranavithana 's book The Story of Sigiri , King Dathusena is said to have taken the advice of the Persian Nestorian Priest Maga Brahmana on building his palace on Sigirya.
Hunugalagala is a Limestone cave, which is located in Haldummulla, Badulla District of Sri Lanka. It is assumed that this rock formation has been formed millions of years ago. The cave and the surrounding area has been used between 5,000 and 4,000 years ago.
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1486. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2012. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1505. 6 July 2007. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications ...
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1553. 6 June 2008. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1586. 23 January 2009. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF).