Monday, September 15, 2014

Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka


Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of the ancient civilization of Sri Lanka. From the eighth century BC 4, and was the capital of Sri Lanka until the beginning of the 11th century. During this period, remained one of the centers of the most stable and durable of political power and urban life in South Asia. The ancient city,
considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of ​​over sixteen square miles (40 square kilometers). Anuradhapura is also great in the capital of the Hindu myth of mythical Asura king Ravana in Ramayana.





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