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The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989.
The banknotes of the Sri Lanka rupee are part of the physical form of Sri Lanka 's currency. The issuance of the rupee banknotes began in 1895. The Government of Ceylon introduced its first paper money in the form of the 5 rupee banknote in 1895. These were followed by 10 rupee notes in 1894, 1000 rupee notes in 1899, 50 rupee notes in 1914, 1 ...
The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value.
It is a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of granite approximately 180 m (590 ft) high. [2] According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Cūḷavaṃsa , this area was a large forest, then after storms and landslides it became a hill and was selected by King Kashyapa (AD 477–495) for ...
Galle Fort ( Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai ), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. It is a historical ...
The prehistory of Sri Lanka covers the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Iron Age of the country until the Pre Anuradhapura period in 543 BC. There is evidence of Paleolithic ( Homo erectus) people in Sri Lanka from about 300,000 BP and possibly even as early as 500,000 BP. [citation needed] There is strong evidence of prehistoric settlements ...
Archaeological protected monuments in Kandy District (19 P) Archaeological protected monuments in Kegalle District (8 P) Archaeological protected monuments in Kilinochchi District (2 P) Archaeological protected monuments in Mannar District (5 P) Archaeological protected monuments in Matale District (7 P) Archaeological ...
Sigiriya. Sinharaja Forest Reserve. Categories: Nature conservation in Sri Lanka. Historic sites in Sri Lanka. World Heritage Sites in Asia by country. World Heritage Sites by country. Hidden categories: CatAutoTOC generates no TOC.