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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. List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   As of 2022, Sri Lanka has eight sites on the list. The first three sites, the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, the Ancient City of Sigiriya, and the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, were listed in 1982. The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites ...

4. Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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   The second oldest of all Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first established as a military post by the Sinhalese kingdom. It was renamed Jananathamangalam by the Chola dynasty after their successful invasion of the country's then capital, Anuradhapura, in the 10th century. The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World Heritage Site.

5. Jetavanaramaya - Wikipedia

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   Jetavanaramaya. 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 ...

6. Mahavihara - Wikipedia

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   Mahavihara of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya ( Pali for "Great Monastery") was an important monastery for Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It was founded by king Devanampiya Tissa (247–207 BCE) in his capital Anuradhapura. The Cūlavamsa [7] written during the European Middle Ages by a monk called Dhamma-kitti, says ...

7. Ruwanwelisaya - Wikipedia

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   Ruwanwelisaya. /  8.35000°N 80.39639°E  / 8.35000; 80.39639. The Ruwanweli Maha Seya, also known as the Maha Thupa ( lit. 'the Great Thupa' ), is a stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Two quarts or one Dona of the Buddha's relics are enshrined in the stupa, making it the largest collection of ...