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Eragama Wewa and Archaeological Ruins

Eragama Wewa E ragama Wewa , also known in Tamil as Irakkamam Kulam (Sinhala: එරගම වැව හා පුරාවිද්‍යා නටඹුන්) is a reservoir in …

Ambalan Oya Reservoir

Ambalan Oya reservoir spill and sluice A mbalan Oya Reservoir (Sinhala: අම්බලන් ඔය ජලාශය) is a reservoir in Ampalathuru village …

Elahera Amuna

Down stream view of ancient Elahera anicut E lahera Amuna or Elahera Canal (Sinhala: පුරාණ ඇලහැර අමුණ) is an ancient anicut bui…

Prehistory of Sri Lanka

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

Kapugampotha Purana Viharaya

The dilapidated Stupa mound K apugampotha Purana Viharaya (Sinhala: කපුගම්පොත පුරාණ රජමහා විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated …

Menik Vehera (Polonnaruwa)

Menik Vehera Stupa M enik Vehera (lit: The gem temple ; Sinhala: මැණික් වෙහෙර) is a ruined Buddhist monastic complex in the Anci…