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and is almost identical to the Asokan script dated to the 3rd century BC; corroborating the view that Indo-Aryan was pre-dominant from the earliest literate phase in Sri Lanka. Also Some Tamil Brahmi Inscriptions are also found in this period.
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and possibly even as early as 500,000 BP. There is strong evidence of prehistoric settlements in Sri Lanka by about 125,000 BP. Evidence of a transition between the Mesolithic and the Iron Age is scant.
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The emergence of new forms of pottery at the same time as the writing, together with other artifacts such as red glass beads, indicate a new cultural impulse, possibly an invasion from
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Several minute granite tools of about 4 centimeters in length, earthenware and remnants of charred timber, and clay burial pots that date back to the Stone Age
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and the Fa Hien Cave have yielded many artefacts that points to their being the first modern inhabitants of the island. There is evidence from
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During the protohistoric period (1000-500 BCE) Sri Lanka was culturally united with southern India, and shared the same megalithic burials,
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at that date, but it expanded to 50 ha, to 'town' size within a couple of centuries. A similar site has been discovered at Aligala in
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Robin Conningham - Anuradhapura - The British-Sri Lankan Excavations at Anuradhapura Salgaha Watta Volumes 1 and 2 (1999/2006)
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indicate that there were Paleolithic people in Sri Lanka as early as 300,000 BP. There is definite evidence of settlements by
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in about 1500 BC, suggesting that there were trading links with the island, although the cinnamon could also have been from
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Secondary state formation during the early iron age on the island of Sri Lanka : the evolution of a periphery
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Sudharshan Seneviratne (1989) - Pre-State Chieftains And Servants of the State: A Case Study of Parumaka -
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indicate the use about 4300 BC of pottery, together with stone stools, and possibly cereal cultivation.
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The transition in Sri Lanka from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age has not been adequately documented. A
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had been brought in from the coast earlier than 27,000 BP. In June 2020 research carried out by the
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period. The inhabitants could be found in 8 main areas in the land of Sri Lanka. They were namely,
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people who lived 8,000 years ago have been discovered during recent excavations around a cave at
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from time to time over the past million years. The last such link occurred about 5000 BC.
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has yielded the earliest evidence (at c. 34,000 BP) of anatomically modern humans in
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and cultivation of oats and barley. Excavations in the cave of Dorawaka-kanda near
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The Stone Age had approximately existed from 125,000 years ago to 1800 BC minimum.
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district, provisionally dated back to 5000–3000 BC, was accompanied by tools of
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Coningham, R. a. E.; Allchin, F. R.; Batt, C. M.; Lucy, D. (April 1996).
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XIII U. I. S. P. P. Congress Proceedings- Forli, 8 – 14 September 1996
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is similar in appearance to the Kadar Dog, the New Guinea Dog and the
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people in Sri Lanka by about 125,000 BP. These people made tools of
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Pichumani, K; T S Subramanian; S U Deraniyagala (5–18 June 2004),
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Walawe gang moayen ipĂŠrani maanavayek, Lankadeepa, 21 August 2008.
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culture have been found. The size of the settlement was about 15
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However, evidence from Horton Plains indicates the existence of
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Social base of early Buddhism in south east India and Sri Lanka
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appears to have been founded before 900 BC at the site of
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dated to about 1800 BC could indicate the knowledge of
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Department of Archaeology (Government of Sri Lanka)
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History of Sri Lanka
1686 Mallet map of Sri Lanka (Taprobane)
Dipavamsa
Mahavamsa
CĆ«áž·avaáčƒsa
Rajavaliya
Pujavaliya
Prehistory
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Pre Anuradhapura
Indo-Aryan settlement
Anuradhapura
Arrival of Buddhism
Dutthagamani's campaign
Fall of Anuradhapura
Polonnaruwa
Chola conquest
Sinhalese Resistance
Invasion of Kalinga Magha
Transitional
Vijayabā Kollaya
Wars of Kotte Succession
Crisis of the Sixteenth Century

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