Dagana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 31, 2025 05:09 AM
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History
An ancient city of southern Sri Lanka. It was characterized by Ptolemy as "sacred to Selene", a description repeated in the Arabic geographic tradition. Its precise location is uncertain: BAtlDir echoes earlier suggestions (see RE) that tentatively identify it with Tangalla, but RE would prefer as "more likely" an identification with the temple complex and associated settlement at Tenavaram (modern Tongra), an identification also suggested by earlier scholars.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49957
5.97956685378, 80.6920694956
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Tangalle (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Dondra (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Dagana located on Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Dagana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tangalla? SRI
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Dagana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/49957> [accessed: 20 May 2026]
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