The Ancient Period About 2600 years ago ... which they did around 300 B.C.E. The Buddhist kingdoms of Sri Lanka were related by language and culture to the classic states of northern India, such as ...

Some had even advanced as far as Anuradhapura, the capital seat of ancient Sri Lanka. According to well-known voyager ... the Nestorian Christians found asylum in the kingdom of Persia where they set ...

Sri Lanka's ancient kingdoms "thrived in a well-managed wetland system", where the marshes were used for transport and to grow food, said the BBC. But in the British colonial period from the late ...

As Director of the UNESCO-Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Project at Polonnaruwa tasked with finding out the “treasures” buried under the sands of time in this second kingdom of Raja Rata, Prof.

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...

Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by the Cholas, the monumental ruins of the fabulous ...

Booking.com, one of the world’s leading online travel platforms has named Sigiriya as the World’s Most Welcoming City in 2025. Sigiriya ...

Protected by the mountainous jungles, the powerful Sinhalese kingdom warded ... Prince Dantha of the ancient city of Kalinga, India, brought Gautama Buddha's tooth to Sri Lanka in the fourth ...

ALSO READ Sri Lanka Travel Guide: A Journey Through Ancient Kingdoms, Vast Safaris, and Scenic Hikes Echoes of Colonial Past: Exploring Sri Lanka's Historical Tourist Destination The first thing ...

Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: January 17, 2025 – Today, the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Central Cultural Fund, launched a new conservation project to ...