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Rock-cut ruin and great tree (Gal Vihara side, possible). Polonnaruwa (possible).
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Ancient Ruins

Rock-cut ruin and great tree (Gal Vihara side, possible)

Polonnaruwa (possible)
c. 1870–1890

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TCP-R6

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