Anuradhapura was the ancient capital city of Sri Lanka for nearly 14 Centuries. It was King Pandukabhaya (4th Century BC) who upgraded Anuradhapura. It was a Brahmin Jothiya who did the town planning.

A sacred city built around a tree In Sri Lanka, two ancient cities have always been—unfairly—compared: Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa. The former is the first capital of Ceylon, while the second ...

Today, the ancient city of Anuradhapura is home to several ancient stupas, monasteries, and relics, with the most notable being the Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree grown from a cutting of the ...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...

Home » New digital network for Anuradhapura Sacred City – PM. Local. New digital network for Anuradhapura Sacred City – PM New building of Madyama Nuwaragam Palatha Divisional Secretariat vested to ...

Examples would be the work of Conningham and his Sri Lanka followers who bracket the city with the human sacrificing Mayas. The lecture describes using descriptions in the Buddhist commentaries how in ...