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Namal Oya Wewa

Namal Oya Wewa   (Sinhala: නාමල් ඔය වැව) is a reservoir situated about 10 km north of Senanayaka Samudraya in Ampara District, Sri Lanka.  Histo…

Chandrika Wewa (Embilipitiya)

Chandrika Wewa C handrika Wewa (Sinhala: චන්ද්‍රිකා වැව) is a reservoir situated near Embilipitiya town in Ratnapura District, S…

Kuragala Ancient Buddhist Monastery

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

Sanskrit Inscriptions in Sri Lanka

A small number (20 or more) of Sanskrit inscriptions (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංස්කෘත සෙල්ලිපි) have been found in Sri Lanka (Dhammaratana, 2000). Ho…

Gin Ganga River

Gin Ganga (Sinhala: ගිං ගඟ; Tamil: கிங்கங்கை) is considered one of the important rivers in southern Sri Lanka. The chronicle Mahavamsa mentions thi…

Nicholson’s Cove Arabic Inscription, Trincomalee

Trincomalee Nicholson’s Cove Arabic Inscription   (Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමලය නිකල්සන් කෝව් අරාබි සොහොන්ගල් සෙල්ලිපිය) is one of the Arabic Inscription…