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7 Kingdoms in South West 7. Decline of Ancient Cities in the Dry Zone and Origin of New Origin of New Kingdoms in South West Int ...

who could help poor farmers. As the surplus owner described in the above source was a village leader, there is an important fact ...

Plan no. 7.2. A sketch of the ancient Polonnaruwa city. As Sri Lanka participated actively in the international trade activities ...

Fig. 7.1. Thuparama Stupa in a ruined and overgrown state. After the downfall of the Anuradhapura kingdom, all of such monuments ...

Fig. 7.2. The way Polonnaruwa Lankathilaka image house looked before its recent reconstructions. After the downfall of Polonnaru ...

Kalingas , after the death of king Nissankamalla, who belonged to their clan, brought several Kalinga members such as, king Niss ...

the cities developed in the second urbanization had freed from the geometric structures of the previous ones. Even in the size, ...

the betterment of religion and education. However, the king was able to overcome all these challenges since he was educated and ...

became the king in about 1272. He is named as king Buvanekabahu I. He faced a number of problems. As soon as he became the king, ...

this era was translating the Jataka story book, which was in Pali language until then, into Sinhala. The texts like Dalada Sirit ...

Map 7.1 The distribution of ancient kingdoms in Sri Lanka. ...

and fought against the army of Alakeshvara and captured him along with some others as prisoners, and went back to China. Several ...

Vikkirama, Varodaya, Marthanda from the ruling time of Arya Chakravarthi to the arrival of Portuguese. The royal dynasty who rul ...

and construct many temples and monasteries. There are proofs that the people of this time had a great devotion and belief in god ...

Important Facts  One of the main factors that affected to transfer the ancient kingdoms in Sri Lanka was changing of the city c ...

8. Kandyan Kingdom Introduction After the collapse of the Kotte and the Seethawaka kingdoms, it was the responsibility of the Ka ...

Plan 8.1. A map of the plan of old Kandy city. T- the Temple of Tooth A-Magul Maduwa N- Natha Devalaya P- Paththini Deva- laya V ...

 King Vimaladharmasooriya I took several steps to establish his legal right to the Kandyan kingdom. Establishing his right by ...

King Senarath (1604- 1635 A.D) When king Vimaladharmasooriya I passed away, his sons were at a very young age. Therefore, a cous ...

Fig. 8.2. A rare photograph which displays the Kandyan pageant and the nature of the streets of the Kandy city in the 19th centu ...