Historical Guide to Anuradhapura's Ruins |
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Abhaya Wewa Abhayagiri Dagaba ancient chronicles Anuradha Anuradhapura Arahat Mahinda artistic awasas bathing beautiful Bell boulder Brazen Palace brick bridge Buddhist Buddhist Railing buildings built bund buried called carved caves Ceylon chamber channel close closet-stone Devanampiya Tissa discloses east Elara enshrined excavated four glory granite Buddha granite pillars guard-stones hill image-house inscription Isurumuniya Jaffna jantaghara Jetavanarama Katu King Dutugemunu Kovil Kurunegala Kuttam Pokuna Lankarama Maha Vihare Mahawansa Mahinda IV Malwatu Oya mango tree Mihintale mile monarch monas monastery monks moon-stones mound Naga nampiya Tissa out-houses Outer Circular Road picturesque Pokuna Polonnaruwa priests probably Puliyankulama pura radhapura reign relics reservoir residences royal ruins Ruwanweli Seya sacred Bo tree sacred enclosure Sacred Road Sanghamitta seen shape side Sinhalese small dagaba stone pillars storeys structure surrounded Tamil tank tenth century teries Thuparama tion Tisa Wewa tomb treasures two-thousand Uposatha Vehera Vijayarama wall wansa yards