Prehistoric caves in Sri Lanka
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Prehistoric caves in Sri Lanka

 
  Pahiyangala
Pahiyangala  is situated in Kalutara District at Yatagampitiya 5 km  off from ulathsinhala  where the pre-historic man lived 37,000 years ago.Valuable fossils of the pre-historic man have been found in this pit.
 
  Beli lena - Kitulgala
   
  Wavul Pane  - Kolonna

This limestone grotto of Vavulpane. The grotos consist of at least 12 caves of varying sizes.  This is a magnificent cavern lying isolated on the Eastern slope of the Bulutota Rakwana range, northwest of Embilipitiya. The cave is located in the Ratnapura District, in the Kolonne Korale, about 278 m (912 feet) above sea level. The caves are appropriately named; it means Cave of Bats after the 250,000 bats that inhabit it.
 
   
   
   
   
   



 
 

 

     
 

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