Visit Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura.

Sri Lanka

The Finest Island in the World-That's the way Marco Polo, the famous explorer, described Sri Lanka on his travel accounts.Sri Lanka is loaded with romantic landscapes, governed by rising mountains, lavish woods, ocean like tanks and spouting waterfalls, that it was viewed as the lost heaven by numerous a globe trotters, who fell upon the country.

Sri Lanka was known by a variety of names. As indicated by the Mahavamsa, the Prince Vijaya named the area Tambapanni ,In Hindu mythology, such as the Mahabharata the island was referred to as Lanka.Ancient Greek geographers called it Taprobana,The Persians and Arabs referred to it as Sarandib,As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Anuradhapura.

Anuradhapura city is the first capital of Sri Lanka built up in the fourth century BC that remained the Royal Capital for more than ten centuries. It’s the capital city of the North Central Province.

Anuradhapura city is home to many of the earliest grandest monuments of Sri Lanka. A popular destination of Sinhalese Buddhist’s pilgrimages because of its many ancient Buddhist monuments. Among the broad remnants covering the city of Anuradhapura are Buddha images, temples, palaces, bathing ponds, monasteries, hospitals, alms halls and beautiful stone carvings and irrigation tanks.

It is believed that King Pandukabhaya made it his capital in the fourth century BC, and that he also laid out the town and its rural areas as indicated by a very much sorted out plan.With the introduction of Buddhism, the city gained more prominence. During the late Anuradhapura period, the royal family and respectability of Sri Lanka firmly upheld Buddhism.As such, they frequently commissioned works of art and donated these items to Buddhist temples.

King Vasabha built numerous lakes which were sustained by a system of underground channels which were developed to supply water to the city.Large lakes were also constructed by the city's rulers to irrigate paddy lands and also to supply water to the city. Nuwara wewa and Tissa wewa are among the best known lakes in the city.