Kandy
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).
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Oct 04, 2025 10:01 AM
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History
The modern Sri Lankan city of Kandy (capital of Central Province), together with some nearby towns and villages, is reported as the find spot or place of purchase of ancient coins in the 20th century, including fourth-century Roman and imitation Roman bronze and punch-marked bronze, as well as early Sinhalese gold coins. Walburg 2023 expresses skepticism about the accuracy and completeness of several of the reports.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50034
7.27158751084, 80.6578204521
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 30368 (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM Location: modern Kandy District (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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findspot, place of finding, find place, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Kandy
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kandy, SRI
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kandy: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50034> [accessed: 12 April 2026]
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