Prehistory of Sri Lanka

Bandarawela Prehistoric Site

Bandarawela Prehistoric Site B andarawela Prehistoric Site , also known as Church Hill Prehistoric Site (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරවෙල ප්‍ර…

Human skeleton from Potana (near Sigiriya ) P rehistory of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රාග් ඉතිහාසය) ranges from ca 250,…

Manel Lena Cave (Sinhala: මානෙල් ලෙන ප්‍රාග් ‌ඓතිහාසික ස්ථානය) is a Prehistoric Site situated in the Pallekada area on the Ayagama-Gawaragiriya ro…

Alawala Potgul Viharaya and Pre-Historic Cave Site Alavala Pothgul-lena Viharaya (Sinhala: අලවල පොත්ගුල් විහාරය හා ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික ලෙන) is located…

Mahagalwewa Megalithic Cemetery (Sinhala: මහගල්වැව මෙගලිතික සුසාන) is an ancient burial site situated in the verge of Mahagalwewa Reservoir in Di…

Pre & Proto -historic Burials in Sri Lanka mainly belong to two funerary traditions, viz: clay-chambered burial and megalithic burial traditio…

Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරදූව මෙගලිතික සුසාන) is an ancient pre-historic burial site situated in Bandaraduwa village in Ampar…

Mathula Alu Lena Viharaya (Sinhala: මාතුල අළු ලෙන විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Attanagoda Village in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. …

Thanthirimale Raja Maha Viharaya (Sinhala: තන්තිරිමලේ) is a Buddhist temple situated in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. It is significant both as…

Padavigampola Gal Messa or Padavigampola Stone Canopy (Sinhala: පදවිගම්පොල ගල් මැස්ස) is a dolmen located in Padavigampola village in Kegalle Dist…

Gurugalhinna Megalithic Cemetery , also known as Gurugalhinna Pre-historic Burial Site (Sinhala: ගුරුගල්හින්න මෙගලිතික සුසාන), is an ancient burial…

Not to be confused with Batatota Lena Batadomba Lena Cave Batadombalena (Sinhala: බටදොඹ ලෙන) is a prehistoric rock shelter situated in Ratnapur…

Dorawaka Cave Some evidence of the neolithic period along with a few prehistoric petroglyphs has been discovered in a rock cave n…

Kuragala (Sinhala: කූරගල පුරාණ බෞද්ධ ආරාම සංකීර්ණය) is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of an ancient Buddhist cave temple. It is sit…

Kurullangala or Kurullanne-Lena (Sinhala: කුරුල්ලන්ගල), is a site with the remains of prehistoric rock art located in the mountain range of Punag…

Beli-lena (Sinhala:බෙලිලෙන; Tamil: பெலிலென) is a large (ca. 30x15 m) prehistoric cave situated in Kitulgala in Kegalle District, Sri Lanka. It i…

Fa Hien Cave , also known as Fa-Hien Lena Cave , Pahiyangala Lena , Fahiyanlena (Sinhala: පාහියන්ගල ලෙන), is a prehistoric cave situated in Yata…