11) Dambul. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dambul, (dambool´) (KEY) or Dambulla (dambool´) (KEY) , village, central Sri Lanka. It has notable cave temples of the 1st cent. B.C. and is a place of Buddhist pilgrimage....
12) Adam's Peak. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Peak, Sinhalese Sri Padastanaya and Samanaliya, mountain, 7,360 ft (2,243 m) high, S central Sri Lanka. It is a sacred mountain, famous as a goal of pilgrimage for...
13) Trincomalee. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Trincomalee, (tring´kmle´) (KEY) , town (1995 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Eastern prov., NE Sri Lanka, on the Bay of Bengal. Trincomalee has one of the world's...
14) Anuradhapura. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) or Anarajapura (na´raj-) (KEY) , city (1995 est. pop. 40,000), N central Sri Lanka, on the Aruvi River. Rice plantations and vegetable gardens surround the...
15) Kurunegala. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kurunegala, (koor´oona´gl) (KEY) , town (1995 est. pop. 29,500), W central Sri Lanka. It is a road junction and the administrative and commercial center of a coconut,...
16) Ratnapura. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ratnapura, (rut´npoor) (KEY) [Sinhalese,=city of gems], town (1995 est. pop. 46,000), SW Sri Lanka. Located in a rubber- and rice-producing area, Ratnapura is Sri...
17) sapphire. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...classified among the most valuable of gems. Sapphires are found chiefly in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar and also in Australia and in the United States...
18) ruby. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones...
19) Buddhism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...great world religions, it is divided into two main schools: the Theravada or Hinayana in Sri Lanka and SE Asia, and the Mahayana in China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan....
20) Palk Strait. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Palk Strait, (pok, polk) (KEY) , 40 to 85 mi (64-137 km) wide, between India and Sri Lanka. It is studded with shoal reefs called Adam's Bridge and by small islands...
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