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For thousands of years, the golden kingdom of Lanka described in the Ramayana has captured people’s imaginations. It was said ...
In the late 5th century, King Kashyapa of Sri Lanka was afraid. He had every reason to be — he had orchestrated a coup and seized the throne from the rightful heir, his brother. Fearing an ...
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Fanfare for ancient Sri Lankan Kings. American composer. Stephen Allen hears a contemporary message in The Mahavamsa and sets it to music: By R. Stephen Prins, Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara. The American ...
Sri Lankan kings attacked Madurai while Chola, even Kalinga, kings attacked and destroyed Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka, forcing kings to take refuge in hills.
Later, King Ashoka's son and daughter, Mahendra and Sanghamitra, went to Sri Lanka with a sapling of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment. This Bodhi Tree is still found in Lanka.
The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...
Anuradhapura, established in the 4th century BCE, was Sri Lanka’s capital for over 1,300 years. It remains vital for its cultural and spiritual heritage. Known for the Sri Maha Bodhi tree and ...
Sri Lanka’s tank cascades (a network of small tanks that store surface water) are one of the country’s greatest legacies from a remarkable hydraulic civilization, built by its ancient kings as a ...