The Sinhala Hound or Sinhalese Hound is a breed of dog from Sri Lanka.
The skeletal remains of dogs from Nilgala cave and from Bellanbandi Palassa, dating from the Mesolithic era, about 4500 BC, suggest that Balangoda People may have kept domestic dogs for driving game. The Sinhala Hound is similar in appearance to the Kadar Dog, the New Guinea Dog and the Dingo. It has been suggested that these could all derive from a common domestic stock.
The Vedda used the breed for hunting, and it was prized it after the bow and arrow, so much so that the dogs were given away with daughters on their marriage.
Photo – 1st molar of a domestic dog - In the year 2004 the Department of Archeology excavated a fragment of a 1st molar of a domestic dog dating back to 12,755 years before present. It was discovered from ‘Bellan Bendi Pelessa’ in the Uda Walawe National Park in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka.
The skeletal remains of dogs from Nilgala cave and from Bellanbandi Palassa, dating from the Mesolithic era, about 4500 BC, suggest that Balangoda People may have kept domestic dogs for driving game. The Sinhala Hound is similar in appearance to the Kadar Dog, the New Guinea Dog and the Dingo. It has been suggested that these could all derive from a common domestic stock.
The Vedda used the breed for hunting, and it was prized it after the bow and arrow, so much so that the dogs were given away with daughters on their marriage.
Photo – 1st molar of a domestic dog - In the year 2004 the Department of Archeology excavated a fragment of a 1st molar of a domestic dog dating back to 12,755 years before present. It was discovered from ‘Bellan Bendi Pelessa’ in the Uda Walawe National Park in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka.
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