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 Man 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.