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22: 888: 362: 69:, many of them several centuries old, have been kept close to their youth by the continuous replacements of decaying parts and are among the oldest wood structures in Sri Lanka. Prominent families of a locality donate and maintain a shelter, or they are put up by the villagers as a place to rest and meet. 21: 45:. This is a simple structure designed to provide shelter for the travellers. The last examples of anbalange remained until about the end of the 1970s. There were no charges involved in using an Ambalama. 303: 210: 405: 929: 65:
kings issued orders carved on stones or iron columns for planting of avenues of trees and for building shelters for the comfort of pilgrims. Ambalamas in
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Buddhist Monastic Architecture in Sri Lanka; The Woodland Shrines By Anuradha Seneviratna, Benjamin Polk - 1992, page 123
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pilgrimage rest-houses like Ambalamas were well established before 230 BC as
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In Salalihini and Gira sandeshas, there are references to Ambalamas.
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Panavitiya
Sinhala
Sri Lanka
Anuradha Seneviratna
Benjamin Polk
Mauryan
Sri Lanka
Appallagoda Ambalama
Giruwa Ambalama
Kadugannawa Ambalama
Panavitiya Ambalama
Pita Kotte Gal Ambalama
Kalithattu
Pati
Flophouse
"Ambalama: A Stopover On A Journey, Explore Sri Lanka"
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"Ambalama, a symbol of our heritage (Sunday Observer)"
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"THE 'AMBALAMA' (The Island)"
Ambalamas in Sri Lanka (in Sinhala)
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Sri Lankan architecture
Anuradhapura period
Polonnaruwa period
Transitional period
Kandyan period

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