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  2. Anuradhapura - Wikipedia

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    Anuradhapura is the best representation of the beginnings of pre-modern urbanization in Sri Lanka. The development of the initial settlement at the site of the city can be attributed to the second global cycle of historical evolution with the generalised diffusion of iron technology in the Old World through the first millennium BCE ...

  3. Anuradhapura kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Anuradhapura kingdom (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර රාජධානිය, translit: Anurādhapura Rājadhāniya, Tamil: அனுராதபுர இராச்சியம்), named for its capital city, was the second established kingdom in ancient Sri Lanka related to the Sinhalese people.

  4. Sandakada pahana - Wikipedia

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    Sandakada Pahana of the Ridi Vihara, built during the Anuradhapura period. Sandakada Pahana, also known as Moonstone, is a unique feature of the architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. [1][2][3] It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. First seen in the latter stage of the ...

  5. Isurumuniya - Wikipedia

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    Location. Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Coordinates. 8°20′05″N 80°23′25″E  /  8.3346°N 80.3904°E  / 8.3346; 80.3904. Isurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tissa Wewa (Tisa tank) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. There are four carvings of special interest in this Vihara. They are the Isurumuniya Lovers, Elephant Pond ...

  6. Abhayagiri Vihāra - Wikipedia

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    Abhayagiri Vihāra was a major monastery site of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that was situated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is one of the most extensive ruins in the world and one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage cities in the nation. Historically it was a great monastic center as well as a royal capital, with magnificent ...

  7. Jetavanaramaya - Wikipedia

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    5.6 hectares. The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, romanized: jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura, [2] Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft), it was the world's tallest stupa, [3] and ...

  8. Vessagiriya - Wikipedia

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    Vessagiriya, or Issarasamanarama, is an ancient Buddhist forest monastery that is part of the ruins of Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka. It is located about half a mile south of Isurumuniya, among boulders. Begun in the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (mid-3rd century BC), the site was expanded during the reign of King ...

  9. Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya - Wikipedia

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    The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya was an important mahavihara or large Buddhist monastery for Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. King Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura (247–207 BCE) founded it in his capital city of Anuradhapura. [ 1] Monks such as Buddhaghosa (4th to 5th century CE) and Dhammapala, who wrote commentaries on the Tipitaka and texts ...

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