https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Polonnaruwa&feed=atom&action=historyPolonnaruwa - Revision history2024-03-29T12:25:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Polonnaruwa&diff=21393&oldid=prevTheDhamma: New page: The city of '''Polonnaruwa''' was the second great capital of Sri Lanka after Anuradhapura and is located about 100 kilometres to the south-east. Its prominence as the capital lasted f...2011-02-14T17:40:41Z<p>New page: The city of '''Polonnaruwa''' was the second great capital of Sri Lanka after <a href="/index.php?title=Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> and is located about 100 kilometres to the south-east. Its prominence as the capital lasted f...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The city of '''Polonnaruwa''' was the second great capital of Sri Lanka after [[Anuradhapura]] and is located about 100 kilometres to the south-east. Its prominence as the capital lasted for about 300 years, during which a number of major Buddhist structures were made. But while they were built in a later age, these structures were lesser in size and magnificence to those of more ancient times. Nonetheless, most of these are beautiful and significant.<br />
By the 13th century, Polonnaruwa became increasingly vulnerable to attacks from the north by Indian invaders, and was almost destroyed by decades of<br />
invasions and civil wars. Subsequent kings gradually shifted their capitals towards the south-west, and like Anuradhapura before it, Polonnaruwa was<br />
eventually abandoned. This ancient city is designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Island of Light]] by T Y Lee<br />
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[[Category:Cities in Sri Lanka]]</div>TheDhamma