KURANDAKA LENA

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Apparently several unspecified -caves- (KUSCH 1973c: 20) or rock shelters are said to have something to do with Kurandaka (note 1). Compare –>Karambagala Cave. SITUATION: At an unspecified location, and somewhere In the jungle (KUSCH 1973c: 20) near Ambalantota (N06°07': E081°01'). COOK (1931: 67): Along the southern coast there is also a narrow bed of limestone not formed in an ordinary coral reef, which must have developed during a short period of subsidence; this can be seen at Hambantota (N06°07': E081°07'). CULTURAL HISTORY: According to KUSCH (1973c: 20) after an unidentified source (note 2), one of the caves in the vicinity of Ambalantota is mentioned as Kurandaka Lena in the 5th century Visuddhimagga composed by Buddhaghosa. In the same -cave- (or so), King Gothabaya of Magama (Tissamaharama) sponsored the cave paintings (rock art).Apparently several unspecified -caves- (KUSCH 1973c: 20) or rock shelters are said to have something to do with Kurandaka (note 1). Compare –>Karambagala Cave. SITUATION: At an unspecified location, and somewhere In the jungle (KUSCH 1973c: 20) near Ambalantota (N06°07': E081°01'). COOK (1931: 67): Along the southern coast there is also a narrow bed of limestone not formed in an ordinary coral reef, which must have developed during a short period of subsidence; this can be seen at Hambantota (N06°07': E081°07'). CULTURAL HISTORY: According to KUSCH (1973c: 20) after an unidentified source (note 2), one of the caves in the vicinity of Ambalantota is mentioned as Kurandaka Lena in the 5th century Visuddhimagga composed by Buddhaghosa. In the same -cave- (or so), King Gothabaya of Magama (Tissamaharama) sponsored the cave paintings (rock art).