Dimbulagala

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Dimbulagala also known as Gunner's Quoin or Gunner's Rock during the British colonial period, is a rock formation in the Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka. By the time anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman visited the location in 1911, a cave within the rock had become a refuge of the indigenous Vedda people. During the 12th century AD, The Sinhalese people had constructed a Buddhist monastery within the rock formation. The Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara monastery was restored in the 1950s. The villagers around the rock are of mixed Vedda and Sinhalese ancestry.

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See also

References

  • {{cite book|last=Seligman|first=Charles|title= The Veddas |publisher= Ams Press Inc. Green|origyear=1911|year=1976|isbn= 0-404-15970-2}}
  • {{cite book|last=Samarasinghe|first=S. W. R. de A.|title= The Vanishing aborigines : Sri Lanka's Veddas in transition|publisher=International Centre for Ethnic Studies in association with NORAD and Vikas Pub. House|date=1990|isbn=978-0-7069-5298-8}}

Category:Landforms of Polonnaruwa District

Category:Vedda