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Multi-periodSite Name: Gothapabbata ViharaCountry: Sri Lanka Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Godawaya
Latitude: 6.109501N Longitude: 81.051857E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Gothapabbata temple is situated near the Walawe River and the seashore. It was built by King Gotabhaya of the Rohana kingdom in the 2nd century BCE. The Godapavata Harbour south of the dagoba was important harbour in ancient times, archaeologists discovered Roman and other foreign coins. The remains of the Godapavata monastery are pillars, some brick monuments. The Godavaya area has been inhabited since the neolithic. In 2008, a human skeleton dating back to 3000-5000 BCE was discovered in an abandoned stone quarry at Godavaya.
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