Ancient City of Yapahuwa | Sundara Pabbata of Subha
The Yapahuwa fortress was originally built by Subha, a military chief, to protect that part of the country from Kalinga Magha in the 13th century AD.
Ancient City of Yapahuwa | Sundara Pabbata of Subha Yapahuwa Archaeological Site (Sinhala: යාපහුව පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය; Tamil: யாப்பகூவா) is situated in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the major tourist sites in the country consisting of a large number of ancient monuments ranging from the Anuradhapura Period to the Dambadeniya Period . The monuments are found scattered on and around Yapahuwa rock rising 236 m (774.27 ft.) above mean sea level. The site is well-known among the people for its rock fortress and magnificently carved rock staircase. History Yapahuwa Buddhist monastery
There is a Buddhist monastery at the Yapahuwa Rock. It was established in the early Christian centuries long before the construction of the Yapahuwa fortress by Subha (Nicholas, 1963). Large-sized bricks containing the earliest type of Brahmi letters as mason's mark have been found on the top part of the rock and also a few Early Brahmi Inscriptions of the 1st century A.D. have been found on a rock near a cave with drip-ledges at the fo…
