Claim: Lying on the border of the intermediate and dry zones, Kandalama is a village in Sri Lanka, in South Asia, nestled at the foot of Ereulagala and Dikkandahena in Sri Lanka and serves as a location of a 1700-year old irrigation tank.
Evidence: The village lies on the border of the intermediate and dry zones. Kandalama is a village in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka (UK: /sri ˈlæŋkə, ʃriː -/, US: /- ˈlɑːŋkə/ (listen); Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Laṅkā; Tamil: இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal and southeast of the Arabian Sea. Nestling at the foot of Ereulagala 696m (above M.S.L) and Dikkandahena 618m (above M.S.L), the village is situated at the northern end of the Matale hills, and the beginning of the dry plains. The ancient irrigation tank built by King Vasabha, 1700 years ago is situated at Kandalama.