Rock Paintings and Engraving Sites in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a number of rock painting and a few engraving sites scattered over four specific ecozones, viz; (i) semi-arid lowlands; (ii) dry lowlands; (iii) wet lowlands; and (iv) intermediate dry lowlands (Somadeva et al., 2019). Although these sites were not much explored or studied, several scholars such as H.C.P. Bell, C.G. Seligmann, B.Z. Seligmann, G.F.R. Browning, J. Still, F. Lewis, G.F.R. Browning, P.E.P. Deraniyagala, S. Karunaratna, L.A. Aditya, A.T. Rambukwella, B.D. Nandadeva, and R. Somadeva have made valuable efforts to find out and document their historical and archaeological values (Browning, 1919; Seligman et al., 1911; Somadeva et al., 2019; Still, 1910). The list of rock paintings and engraving sites in Sri Lanka This is an incomplete list prepared by "Lanka Pradeepa". No. Site Remarks References 1 Alugalge (Ampara District) Rock paintings. Includes the figures of human, animal (leopard, peacock), lines, and other symbols (wheel) Kelum & Wickremasinghe, 2014 S…
