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A great opportunity available to any traveler to Ceylon is the chance to explore the country’s rich history and extensive archeology.  This post will be the first of several describing my visits to the ancient sites in Sri Lanka and highlights the oldest of these, Anuradhapura (it’s pronounced just like its spelled).  The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose prehistory dates back to at least 1000 B.C.

Anuradhapura is one of the points of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle, the others being the cities of Kandy and Polonnaruwa (which I’ll discuss in future blogs).  For over 1500 years Anuradhapurna’s palaces were home to a string of almost 125 kings ranging from around 400 B.C. to 1200 A.D.   The city’s development and rise to prominence coincided with the arrival of Buddhism …

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