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List Of Archaeological Protected Monuments In Sri Lanka
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 maritime belt and the lowland plains of the wet and dry zones to the high plateaus and rain forests in the central and southwestern mountain regions of the island. The protohistoric period expands from about 1000 BC to the historical period at about 500 BC. The main indicators of the distribution of protohistoric and early settlements on the island are the megalithic burials and pottery sites. The beginning of the historical period of Sri Lanka is traditionally assigned to the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (307–267 BC) when the Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka by the missionaries sent by the Indian emperor Ashoka. However, the first clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehistory
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared 5000 years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing spreading to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at very different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. In the early Bronze Age, Sumer in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley Civilisation, and ancient Egypt were the first civilizations to develop their own scripts and to keep historical records, with their neighbors following. Most other civilizations reached the end of prehistory during the following Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batticaloa
Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka and is a major commercial centre. It is on the east coast, south of Trincomalee, and is situated on an island. Pasikudah is a popular tourist destination situated northwest with beaches and flat year-round warm-water shallow-lagoons. Etymology Batticaloa is a Portuguese derivation. The original name of the region being the Tamil "Matakkalappu" (translation: ''Muddy Swamp''). According to Mattakallappu Manmiyam (மட்டக்களப்பு மான்மியம்) the word Mattakkallpu consists Tamil words "Mattu" (மட்டு) Matta-derived from "Mattam" (மட்டம்) means 'flat' and geographical name KaLappu. Mukkuwa named th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medirigiriya
Medirigiriya ( si, මැදිරිගිරිය) is a town located in Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The elevation of the town is . The famous archaeological site of Medirigiriya Vatadage is located about from the town centre. 3D Heritage Documentation The Zamani Project The Zamani Project is part of the African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Database. Zamani is a research group at the University of Cape Town, which acquires, models, presents and manages spatial and other data from cultural heritage sites ..., document cultural heritage sites in 3D to create a record for future generations. The documentation is based on terrestrial laser-scanning. The 3D documentation of Medirigiriya Watadageya was carried out in 2019. 3D models, a Panorama tour, plans and images can be viehere See also * Medirigiriya Vatadage * Medirigiriya National School * Medirigiriya Divisional Secretariat * Medirigiriya Electoral District References Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medirigiriya Watadageya 1
Medirigiriya ( si, මැදිරිගිරිය) is a town located in Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The elevation of the town is . The famous archaeological site of Medirigiriya Vatadage is located about from the town centre. 3D Heritage Documentation The Zamani Project The Zamani Project is part of the African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Database. Zamani is a research group at the University of Cape Town, which acquires, models, presents and manages spatial and other data from cultural heritage sites ..., document cultural heritage sites in 3D to create a record for future generations. The documentation is based on terrestrial laser-scanning. The 3D documentation of Medirigiriya Watadageya was carried out in 2019. 3D models, a Panorama tour, plans and images can be viehere See also * Medirigiriya Vatadage * Medirigiriya National School * Medirigiriya Divisional Secretariat * Medirigiriya Electoral District References Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medirigiriya Vatadage
Medirigiriya Vatadageya is a Buddhist structure (Vatadage) in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka. It was built during the Anuradhapura era. 3D Heritage Documentation The Zamani Project, document cultural heritage sites in 3D to create a record for future generations. The documentation is based on terrestrial laser-scanning. The 3D documentation of the Vatadage in Medirigiriya was carried out in 2019. 3D models, a Panorama tour, plans and images can be viehere See also * Polonnaruwa Vatadage * Vatadage A vaṭadāge ( si, වටදාගෙ) is a type of Buddhist structure found in Sri Lanka. It also known as a ''dage'', ''thupagara'' and a ''cetiyagara''. Although it may have had some Indian influence, it is a structure that is more or less uniq ... * Thiriyaya vatadage References Archaeological protected monuments in Polonnaruwa District Tourist attractions in North Central Province, Sri Lanka Vatadages {{NorthCentralLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welikanda Divisional Secretariat
Welikanda Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Polonnaruwa District Polonnaruwa District ( si, පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්රික්කය; ta, பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of ..., of North Central Province, Sri Lanka. References Divisional Secretariats Portal Divisional Secretariats of Polonnaruwa District {{NorthCentralLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hingurakgoda Divisional Secretariat
Hingurakgoda Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Polonnaruwa District, of North Central Province, Sri Lanka. References Divisional Secretariats Portal Hingurakgoda is one of 7 Divisional Secretariats in Polonnaruwa District. Mr. Maithripala Sirisena,the current President in Sri Lanka is born in Polonnaruwa District. Polonnaruwa district has 07 divisional secretariats. The biggest division is Hingurakgoda. The division has 70878.33 hectares. When consider relative position of this division is bounded by Anuradhapura district from Northern, Alahera and Thamankaduwa from Southern, Medirigiriya and Lankapura from Eastern and Anuradhapura Anuradhapura ( si, අනුරාධපුරය, translit=Anurādhapuraya; ta, அனுராதபுரம், translit=Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central ... district from Western. According to absolute situation, this division i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbulagala Divisional Secretariat
Dimbulagala Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Polonnaruwa District Polonnaruwa District ( si, පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්රික්කය; ta, பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of ..., of North Central Province, Sri Lanka. References Divisional Secretariats Portal Divisional Secretariats of Polonnaruwa District {{NorthCentralLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbulagala
Dimbulagala also known as Gunner's Quoin or Gunner's Rock during the British colonial period, is a rock formation in the Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka. By the time anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman visited the location in 1911, a cave within the rock had become a refuge of the indigenous Vedda people. During the 12th century AD, The Sinhalese people had constructed a Buddhist monastery within the rock formation. The Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara monastery was restored in the 1950s. The villagers around the rock are of mixed Vedda and Sinhalese ancestry. See also *Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara is situated 16 kilometres south east of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The Dimbulagala range houses a number of caves cut into the rock with Brahmi inscriptions over their drip ledges. This forest hermita ... References * *{{cite book, last=Samarasinghe, first=S. W. R. de A., title= The Vanishing aborigines : Sri Lanka's Veddas in transi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbulagala Temple
Dimbulagala also known as Gunner's Quoin or Gunner's Rock during the British colonial period, is a rock formation in the Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka. By the time anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman visited the location in 1911, a cave within the rock had become a refuge of the indigenous Vedda people. During the 12th century AD, The Sinhalese people had constructed a Buddhist monastery within the rock formation. The Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara monastery was restored in the 1950s. The villagers around the rock are of mixed Vedda and Sinhalese ancestry. See also *Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara is situated 16 kilometres south east of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The Dimbulagala range houses a number of caves cut into the rock with Brahmi inscriptions over their drip ledges. This forest hermita ... References * *{{cite book, last=Samarasinghe, first=S. W. R. de A., title= The Vanishing aborigines : Sri Lanka's Veddas in trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara
Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara is situated 16 kilometres south east of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. The Dimbulagala range houses a number of caves cut into the rock with Brahmi inscriptions over their drip ledges. This forest hermitage of medieval times and holy abode since time immemorial, home to some of the most valued fragments of early frescoes was called the ''Gunners Quoin'' by the British. This Buddhist monastery which was abandoned after the times of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was restored to the present status in the 1950s due to the efforts of Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, who was the chief incumbent of the Vihara until his death in 1995. Pulligoda Passing the Dimbulagala temple, the only landmark being a water tank at which point you turn to the left and continue on an unsealed road which passes the delightful ''Hitcha Pitcha weva'' (weva is a reservoir), another turn off which is almost at the foot of a rocky outcrop. A short climb up and through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmunai Pattu Divisional Secretariat
Manmunai Pattu Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Batticaloa District Batticaloa District ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය ''maḍakalapūva distrikkaya'') is one of the 25 dist ..., of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. References Divisional Secretariats Portal Divisional Secretariats of Batticaloa District {{EasternLK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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