Dorawaka Cave in Kegalle District, is a prehistoric site featuring Neolithic petroglyphs, including elephant figures, and is a protected monument.
Dorawaka Cave
Some evidence of the neolithic period along with a few prehistoric petroglyphs has been discovered in a rock cave named Dorawaka Kanda (or Ethgale Galge, Dorawaka Athubendi Lena Cave ) located in Dorawaka village in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. Evidence of the Neolithic Period Microliths, pottery and some grains have been discovered from excavations done at Dorawaka Kanda cave and scholars have dated them to a period of 6,000 BP (Kelum & Wickremasinghe, 2014). Petroglyphs Petroglyphs are considered a primitive art form made by prehistoric people (Senanayaka & Rammungoda, 2010). These include various rock engravings executed on the face of a rock or a cave wall using some form of sharp instruments such as stone, bone or metal implements (Senanayaka & Rammungoda, 2010). Petroglyphs have been recorded from a few places in Sri Lanka such as Dorawaka, Urakanda , Danigala , Hakbelikanda, Navagala, Molagoda, Budugala , and Dimbulagala (Senanayaka & Rammungoda, 2010). Petroglyphs at Do…
