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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, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
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 natural cave with characteristics of pre-historic human settlements in the Kuragala mountain [7] Lambrick Hall: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: Kotte: The old Lambrick hall building at Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya [23] Lanka Maccanance Macancy company limited Building: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: Lady Bastian Mawatha [12] Maha Bodhi ...
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).
Category: Historic sites in Sri Lanka. ... World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka (2 C, 10 P) This page was last edited on 21 August 2024, at 18:24 (UTC). ...
The pre-history of Sri Lanka goes back 125,000 years and possibly even as far back as 500,000 years. [1] The era spans the Palaeolithic , Mesolithic and early Iron Ages . Among the Paleolithic human settlements discovered in Sri Lanka, Pahiyangala (named after the Chinese traveller monk Faxian ), which dates back to 37,000 BP, Batadombalena ...
The Old Nupe Market (Sinhala: නූපේ පැරණි වෙළඳ ගොඩනැගිල්ල) or the Old Dutch Market is a historic, European-built structure in Matara, Sri Lanka. It is located about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) from Matara fort , [ 1 ] at the junction of the Matara-Akuressa Highway (A24) and Matara Road (B535).
Dawson Tower (Sinhala: ඩෝසන් කුළුණ, romanized: Dosan Kuluna), is located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass next to the Colombo - Kandy Road, the first modern highway in the island.