Polonnaruwa became the capital of Sri lanka after Anuradhapura.Today both these cities are full of ancient remnants of a proud Sri lankan history.King Aggabodhi IV was the first king to start his kingdom at Polonnaruwa during 667-675 AD.From there onwards several kings ruled Sri lanka from Polonnaruwa some of them who comes to any Sri lankan's mind would be King Vijayabaahu I and King Paraakramabaahu I who were great kings.
If you love to see ancient relics made by stone,Polonnaruwa is a place where you should visit.Polonnaruwa town is situated 140km North to Kandy.As the roads have been developed during the recent past,it wont take much time for you to travel from Kandy to Polonnaruwa.
Lets see what you can find at Polonnaruwa..
1)Polonnaruwa visitor information center and Museum
2)The Royal palace(King Paraakramabaahu I)
3)King Nissanka Malla's palace
4)Rankoth vihaara
5)Lankathilaka gedige
6)Watadaage(The quadrangle)
7)Kiri vehera
8)Gal vihara
9)Alahana pirivena complex and many more
All these ancient relics have their own story in the ancient polonnaruwa period where all well written in Mahaawansha(The great chronicle of Sri lanka)
During those ancient times Sri lanka was a great agricultural nation.All the kings gave their full support to the the agricultural field.
King Paraakramabaahu was one of the greatest kings as mentioned and during his period he unified the country under one rule and built a remarkable series of irrigation work including the massive "Paraakrama samudraya".if you see the Paraakrama samudraya which is a man made irrigation work to supply water to farmers,you might misjudge it as another ocean inside the country.The oath of this king is very popular.He has said "Even a drop of rain water should not be flown to the ocean without taking any use".
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