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	WWW Virtual Library: ANURADHAPURA
		The Mahathupa, the Bodhi Tree and Thuparama of the Mahavihara stood to the south of the city, the Abhayagiri to the north, the Pubbarama to the east, the Tanovana to the north-west and the Jetavana to the south-east.
		By the middle of the third century BC the fame of the capital city of Anuradhapura was known as far the Mediterranean and by the first century AD, during the reign of Bhatikabhaya, an embassy was sent to Rome to present its credentials to Claudius Caesar.
		The grandeur of the ancient Anuradhapura that we see today is the result of the untiring efforts of patriotic religious people of Sri Lanka who contributed their share to preserve even a little of what their ancestores had left.
	www.lankalibrary.com /heritage/Anuradhapura.htm (7163 words)

	Anuradhapura
		Anuradhapura was to continue for over a thousand years as the national capital.
		Anuradhapura remained the capital of Sri Lanka until the 10th century A.D. The city of Anuradhapura, in its heyday, was the greatest city of all.
		It is considered the greatest of the dagobas at Anuradhapura.
	web.pdx.edu /~mmlynch/srilanka/trip2002/anuradhapura.htm (1575 words)

	Global Heritage Fund - Site Profile
		Anuradhapura remained the royal seat of more than 119 successive Sinhalese kings for over 1,400 years and was the cultural and religious capital of the country.
		The right branch of the Bo tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment in North India was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC by Princess Sanghamitta, daughter of Emperor Asoka and sister of the saint Mahinda.
		Anuradhapura is situated on the banks of the river Malwatu Oya, 205 kilometres north of Colombo, in Sri Lanka.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /sites/apac/anura.html (1306 words)

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		Anuradhapura or 'the city of Anura', is the earliest capital of Sri Lanka and was home to the royal court from 437 BC to 1017 AD.
		According to most scholars, Anuradhapura was expected to have been founded in c.250 BC as a direct result of contact with north Indian cities, which themselves had emerged some two hundred years earlier in the Ganges.
		The ruins of Anuradhapura, the great capital city from which the Sri Lankan kings reigned for over 1000 years, are spread out, so if you don't have a car, you have the usual options of taking an expensive taxi, hiring a bicycle or your using your two feet.
	members.lycos.co.uk /withanage/Anuradha.htm (1578 words)

	Anuradhapura
		Anuradhapura is a world heritage city declared by UNESCO and in the Cultural Triangle and One of most sacred places in Buddism.
		Anuradhapura is a fascinating district with many tanks, wildlife, irrigational network and it’s humble farming community.
		Sri Maha Bodhi' The Bo tree was planted at Anuradhapura, where it still grows as the oldest tree with a recorded history in the world.
	www.lastminute.lk /srilankatravelplanner/destinfo.asp?xi=67&km=0 (957 words)

	Sri Lankan Ancient Cities : Anuradhapura
		About 205 km north of Colombo is Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka established in the 4th century BC that remained the Royal Capital for over ten centuries.
		Among the extensive ruins covering the city of Anuradhapura are Buddha images, temples, palaces, bathing ponds, monasteries, hospitals, alms halls and beautiful stone carvings and irrigation tanks.
		The right branch of the Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) in Buddha Gaya in India under which the Buddha attained enlightenment was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC by Arahat Theri Sanghamitta, the daughter of Emperor Asoka.
	www.srilanka.com /travel/traveldetail/TL00245 (1208 words)

	BuddhaNet.Net: Sacred Island - A Buddhist Pilgrim's Guide to Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura
		All the reservoirs are fed by a channel constructed in the 4th century CE which leads water from the Kalavapi River about 50 miles from the city.
		In 18xxx Anuradhapura was made a district capital and in 1904 the railway arrived.
		The inspiration of Anuradhapura played a significant role in the independence movement and a renewed confidence in their religion.
	www.buddhanet.net /sacred-island/anuradhapura.html (4225 words)

	travelsrilanka - Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka
		Anuradhapura first became a capital in 380 BC, but it was during the reign of King Devanampiyatissa (250-210 BC) that it first rose to great importance, for it was then that Buddhism reached Sri Lanka.
		Soon Anuradhapura became a most magnificent city with some of the greatest monuments to the faith (most especially the shrine of the sacred Bo-tree,the Sri Maha Bodhi) and its influence spread both eastwards and westwards.
		Anuradhapura has a particularly fine Samadhi Buddha Statue (seated, in deep meditation) a photograph of which Nehru found of solace during imprisonment by the British.
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm?PAGE=512 (761 words)

	Blurry Travel Travelogue - Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
		Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - Part I - 4 B.C. to 10 A.D. During the 4th century B.C., the Sinhalese kingdom of Anuradhapura began to develop in the northern plains of Sri Lanka.
		Considered the greatest kingdom in Sri Lankan history, Anuradhapura flourished for almost 1,500 years until the 10th century A.D. It was during this time that Buddhism became the dominant belief system in Sri Lanka and still continues to be followed by 70% of the the Sri Lankan population.
		Pressures and invasions from Southern India caused the collapse of the Anuradhapura kingdom and the capital was eventually moved further south to Polonnaruwa.
	www.blurrytravel.com /sea2003/journal/10282003-1/10282003-1.html (443 words)

	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Unesco World Heritage Site \| AsiaExplorers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Anuradhapura is 203 km northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in the arid northern plains.
		Anuradhapura was a royal capital from which a succession of 113 kings reigned here.
		Anuradhapura derived its name from Anuradha, the name of one of the chief minister during King Vijaya's time, who founded the city around 500BC during the reign of King Pandukabhaya.
	www.asiaexplorers.com /srilanka/anuradhapura.htm (538 words)

	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Anuradhapura was the royal seat of more than 250 Buddhist and Hindu kings recorded in the royal genealogies, and the preeminent city on the island for some 1400 years.
		Anuradhapura's proximity to southern India both enriched it and encouraged the kingdom's conversion to Buddhism, but was also its eventual downfall, making it vulnerable to the invading Tamil forces of Rajaraja Chola, who sacked the city in the 11th century AD.
		As at Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura's secular buildings were built partly or entirely of wood, which has not survived the centuries, whereas the giant dagobas, made entirely of earth, brick and stone, still stand complete.
	www.lakpura.com /articles/anuradhapura-sri-lanka.html (1330 words)

	The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project
		Anuradhapura's recent genesis owes much to the colonial restoration of the ancient irrigation system of the area (Parker, 1909; Brohier, 1934), but much more to its role in the hearts and minds of many Sri Lankans as the royal capital of the island for over one and a half millennia.
		Anuradhapura undoubtedly can be classified as an Early Historic fortified city, and as the most southerly example of its type, helps us to understand the test models for this, the second urbanization of the South Asia.
		This relic, a relative late comer to Anuradhapura, was to become the symbol of kingship of the island and, when Anuradhapura became untenable, it was moved from capital to capital until in 1815 AD it was captured by the British.
	www.bradford.ac.uk /archsci/depart/resgrp/southasia/anuradhapura.php (4225 words)

	Anuradhapura Tourist Destinations, Anuradhapura Tourist Destination
		Holiday tours to Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka brings you to an ancient city that was the main seat of the Sinhalese kingdom for almost 1500 years.
		Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is also famous as one of the most important centers of Buddhism.
		Located at a distance of 128 miles from the Colombo city, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is one of the most serene tourist destinations covered in a blanket of Buddhism.
	www.travour.com /tours-to-srilanka/sri-lanka-tourist-destinations/anuradhapura.html (321 words)

	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - Places of interest
		The Maha vihara, because of it's long history of guarding the traditions of Theravada Buddhism, and because its monks kept the most sacred shrines at Anuradhapura, was the most important monastery of the city.
		On top of this beautiful 'bubble' shaped Mahathupa was a ruby as big as a man's fist, and today the Burmese people have donated a rock crystal, which is 2 feet high (60cm) to replace it.
		Major archaeological research, conservation and excavations are being conducted in Anuradhapura by the Archaeological Department and UNESCO in a project known as the ‘Cultural Triangle’.
	www.tourslanka.com /Anuradhapura-moredetails.htm (1075 words)

	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - The First Kingdom
		Anuradhapura, according to legend, was first settled by Anuradha, a follower of Prince Vijaya the founder of the Sinhala race.
		Anuradhapura was to continue for six hundred years longer as the national capital.
		Anuradhapura was finally abandoned and the Capital withdrawn to more secluded fastness.
	www.tourslanka.com /Anuradhapura.htm (684 words)

	Visit Sri Lanka : Ancient Capitals and Cities: Anuradhapura : Kuttam Pokuna (Twin Ponds)
		The ancient city of Anuradhapura is dotted all over with ponds large and small and of varying escriptions.
		The royal baths at Ran Masu Uyana (the Gold Fish Park) adjoining Isurumuniya, the Kuttam pokuna (the Twin ponds) and the Ath pokuna (the elephant pond) of the Abhayagiri monastery in Anuradhapura show the heights of accomplishment reached by the builders of ancient Anuradhapura.
		Henry Cave describing the ruined and neglected ancient city of Anuradhapura in 1896 is impressed by the fact that wherever clearings are made pokunas are sure to be unearthed.
	www.angelfire.com /in4/anuradhapura/kuttampokuna2.htm (861 words)

	Sri Lanka - Die heilige Stadt Anuradhapura, Weltkulturerbe seit 1982
		Die heilige Stadt Anuradhapura wird seit 1982 zum Weltkulturerbe gezählt.
		Die Geschichte der ehemalige Hauptstadt Anuradhapura, die auch heute noch von den Buddhisten als heilige Stätte verehrt wird, reicht vom 3.
		Anuradhapura war akkurat in Stadtviertel für die verschiedenen Berufsstände und Kasten geteilt.
	www.xago.org /sri-lanka/welterbe/Anuradhapura.htm (321 words)

	World-wide archaeology
		At Pompeii in Italy and at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, the two projects share common aims of investigating the process of ancient urbanisation.
		However, our work at Anuradhapura has overturned this theory by yielding evidence that the earliest script, known as Brahmi, was present in Sri Lanka from as early as c.450 BC.
		Furthermore we are suggesting that the initial adoption of a script was connected with a demand for means of ownership to facilitate long distance trade and exchange and was only later adopted as a royal medium.
	www.brad.ac.uk /university/newsandviews/95-02/World-wide_archaeology.html (1885 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He was appointed as the Bishop of Anuradhapura by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on November 14, 2003.
		It would be apt to recall the great services rendered by the former Bishops of Anuradhapura in forging closer links with the Buddhist prelates and the Buddhist population of the area by working in a spirit of co-habitation without hurting each others religious susceptibilities.
		Most Rev. Norbert Andradi who dons the mantle as the Third Bishop of Anuradhapura himself is no stranger to the people of Anuradhapura having served in the Diocese as an Assistant Priest under Bishop Henry Goonewardene in 1980s after being ordained a priest.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/01/10/new16.html (438 words)

	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
		Anuradhapura went on to become a Ceylonese political and religious capital (4th century BC) that flourished for 1,300 years.
		In its prime, Anuradhapura ranked alongside Nineveh and Babylon in its colossal proportions—its four walls, each 16 miles (26 km) long, enclosing an area of 256 square miles (663 km²)—in the number of its inhabitants, and the splendour of its shrines and public buildings.
		The statue is 8 feet (2.4 m) in height and made of granite and the Dhyana mudra is symbolished - The posture of meditation in which Buddha sits in the cross-legged position with upturned palms, placed one over the other on the lap.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /sri-lanka/anuradhapura.htm (2755 words)

	Anuradhapura (4th century BC - 10th century AD) - History of Sri Lanka
		The strongest Sinhalese group in this period was the Sinhalese kingdom of Anuradhapura in the north.
		In the 3rd century BC, Buddhism was introduced to the people of Anuradhapura by Arahat Mahinda, the son of Ashoka Mauryan emperor of India, and it was him that convinced the Anuradhapura king and his followers to convert to Buddhism.
		For almost 1500 years of Anuradhapura as a center of Sinhalese kingdom, Buddhism had flourished the kingdom with cultural greatness and civilization, however, as a result of its proximity to South India, it suffered from the repeated invasion and takeover of Anuradhapura by South Indian kingdom which was a major struggle to the state progression.
	www.sri-lanka-tour.com /history/anuradhapura.htm (346 words)

	Sri Lanka : Ancient Capitals and Monuments : Anuradhapura
		The city of Anuradhapura is situated 205 kms away from Colombo in the north central province of Sri Lanka on Malwathu Oya.
		According to Mahavamsa, the great chronicle of the Sinhalese, the city of Anuradhapura was named after a Minister called Anuradha who founded this area as a village settlement.
		He was one of the ministers who accompanied king Vijaya from India, who according to the tradition founded the Sinhalese Race in Sri Lanka.
	www.angelfire.com /in4/anuradhapura/index.html (395 words)

	Hotel in Anuradhapura Nimnara Lake Sojourn
		The large open lobby and the garden in front of the sojourn overlooking the lake is an added advantage to enjoy the surrounding charming atmosphere.
		Due to her all round performance Nimnara has become and integral part of the many tourist resorts in the sacred city of the Anuradhapura.
		Visiting the ancient capital, the sacred city Anuradhapura, which is 08 minutes drive from Nimnara Lake Sojourn, will be an unforgettable experience.
	www.hotelnimnara.com (261 words)

	Anuradhapura Hostels - Accommodation in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - Budget Backpackers
		We have 2 Anuradhapura hostels and budget hotels, all of which offer fantastic accommodation with a wide range of amenities and cheap room rates.
		Accommodation Description: Hotel Shalini is situated in the middle of the town in Anuradhapura, along Harischandra Mawatha, which runs from the clock tower to the hospital.
		Find your ideal accommodation in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka with kasbah.com, as well as many other top destinations in Sri Lanka including Anuradhapura, Colombo and Galle plus the popular cities Hikkaduwa, Kandy and Mount Lavinia.
	www.kasbah.com /hostels/anuradhapura-sri-lanka.htm (678 words)

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