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The Batatotalena Cave also known as the Diva Guhava in Buddhist literature,(Not to be mistaken as the Batadombalena. Batandomba lena is a pre historic cave/settlement), is a cave system in Sudagala, away from the town of Kuruwita, in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. The cave measures approximately high, wide, and in length, totalling the internal cave area to . Accessing the cave involves a hike from Sudagala, and an additional climb to reach the cave entrance. Approximately from the cave is another partially submerged cave, which is accessible after a swim.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.srilankaecotourism.com/caving_home.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unitedholidays.lk/holiday_ideas_det.cfm?Activity=Caving%20Expeditions )〕 In Buddhism, it is believed to be the cave in which the Lord Buddha spent the day after placing his footprint on Adam's Peak, from where he supposedly proceeded to Dighavapi.〔 The Batadombalena archaeological site contains evidence of habitation from 8,000 BCE, and is one of the sites which may prove the "Out of Africa" hypothesis,〔http://archaeology.about.com/od/oterms/g/outofafrica.htm "Out of Africa" hypothesis〕 according to Professor Paul Mellars, a Cambridge University archaeologist. The evidence he found of Balangoda Man in the cave were some stone tools that may have been arrow- or spearheads, and carefully shaped and perforated beads made from fragments of ostrich eggshell. A further piece of ostrich eggshell, incised with a distinctive criss-cross motif, has also been found. == See also == * Geography of Sri Lanka 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Batatotalena Cave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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