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.
| Dimbulagala | |
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| Gunner's Quoin | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 534 m (1,752 ft)  |
| Coordinates | 7°51′36″N 81°8′37″E / 7.86000°N 81.14361°E |
| Geography | |
  Dimbulagala | |
See also
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edit- 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.