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High medieval · Buddhist · Sri Lanka
Koskandawala Raja Maha Vihara
Koskandawala, Gampaha District, Western Province · 7.0797°, 80.0523°
Gautama Buddha (stupa and image house)Undeterminedcave temple
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
An old Buddhist cave temple at Koskandawala in the Gampaha District, with a stupa and an image house. It is counted among neighbouring cave temples said to have formed a single monastic complex in the early Anuradhapura period.