Dimbulagala

Dimbulagala
Gunner's Quoin
Highest point
Elevation534 m (1,752 ft)
Coordinates7°51′36″N 81°8′37″E / 7.86000°N 81.14361°E / 7.86000; 81.14361
Geography
Dimbulagala is located in Sri Lanka
Dimbulagala
Dimbulagala

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.

A panoramic photo over the Dimbulagala peak from "Sath Mahal Prasadaya".

See also

References

  • Seligman, Charles (1976) [1911]. The Veddas. Ams Press Inc. Green. ISBN 0-404-15970-2.
  • Samarasinghe, S. W. R. de A. (1990). The Vanishing aborigines : Sri Lanka's Veddas in transition. International Centre for Ethnic Studies in association with NORAD and Vikas Pub. House. ISBN 978-0-7069-5298-8.
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