Historical place profile
Kurunegala
A city of Sri Lanka where significant numbers of imported coins have been found, including Roman (reigns of Vespasian and Nero) and Chinese (Song and Southern Song dynasties). A Brahmi inscription from Kaduruvava in the Kurunegala district mentions a trade corporation of "Kambojas", an ancient people of Arachosia (i.e., the area of Kandahar in Afghanistan), possibly to be identified with Ptolemy's Tambyzoi, q.v..
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:50075
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:50075
- Place type
- findspot, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 7.471079, 80.355886
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A city of Sri Lanka where significant numbers of imported coins have been found, including Roman (reigns of Vespasian and Nero) and Chinese (Song and Southern Song dynasties). A Brahmi inscription from Kaduruvava in the Kurunegala district mentions a trade corporation of "Kambojas", an ancient people of Arachosia (i.e., the area of Kandahar in Afghanistan), possibly to be identified with Ptolemy's Tambyzoi, q.v..
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Korunegala
Source and reuse
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Research path
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