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Archaeologists Find Evidence of Ancient Civilisation- By Udeni Saman Kumara Image Source:Ceylontoday Source:Ceylontoday Following excavation work done in the Kandarodai area, also known as Kandurugoda, in the Jaffna Peninsula, it has come to light that a colony had existed in this country before 750 BC. This old colony had spread around 1 kilometre from the Kandurugoda Temple, which is situated close to Chunnakam town in the Jaffna Peninsula.  This particular excavation had been undertaken with the consent of the Department of Archaeology by the Non -European Cultural Behavioural Institute situated in Bonn, Germany. This exercise has also been jointly supported by the Archaeological Studies Faculty of the University of Jaffna and the Archaeological and Heritage Studies Faculty of the University of Rajarata. The advice for the excavation work at the Kandurugoda Temple had been provided by ex-Deputy Director of the Department of Archaeology, Dr. Nimal Perera.  ...