Anuradhapura: Magnificent ancient sacred Buddhist ruins city (Part – 1)

By Asad Russel –

About the Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka:
The Anuradhapura once of the Sri Lankan civilization was a major city and known as the scared city of Anuradhapura now is the ruins which are picturesque. This ancient ruins many fascinating things which includes large stupas of bell shaped by the sun dried small bricks was built, reservoirs of drinking water of ancient time, palaces, sculptures and temples.

The history of the Anuradhapura:
As the 10th century BC as early since in this area hay have lived the people although, from the Bodhi Tree (the tree of enlightenment) of a cutting after the arrival became a great city the Anuradhapura, in the 3rd century BC for the fig tree of the Buddha. By Sanghmitta of an order Buddhist nuns who was the founder to Sri Lanka was brought the sacred branch.

In the 4th century BC to become a Ceylonese capital of religious and political went on the Anuradhapura for 1,300 years which flourished. In the colossal proportions of it alongside Babylon and Nineveh ranked the Anuradhapura in its prime, four walls of its, 16 kilometer (about 26 kilometers) long each wall, of 256 square miles (about 663 square kilometers) an area enclosing, of its inhabitants in the number, and of its public buildings and shrines the splendor.

For the ancient world some of the irrigation systems which are the most complex also had the city. Today still survives among the great reservoir tanks most of them, and in the world among the surviving reservoirs may be the oldest some of them.

In 993 AD after an invasion, permanently was abandoned the Anuradhapura. In the jungle lay hidden he site for centuries. In the 19th century by the British rediscovered, once again a Buddhist pilgrimage site became the Anuradhapura.

In the 1870s in earnest was began of the city of Anuradhapura the revival. In the northern Sri Lanka now a major road junction is this modern city which populated by 40,000 and a railway line along lies. In Anuradhapura housed the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon’s headquarter. Today the Anuradhapura the splendid sacred city, many Buddhist visitors and pilgrims draws with its monuments, palaces and monasteries.

At the Anuradhapura what to see:
At Anuradhapura there are many things to see which includes the monuments, 8 major palaces, monasteries and of course the scared Bodhi Tree.

In the world the oldest living tree is perhaps the Sri Maha Bodhiya. The enlightenment the Buddha attained under which of the Bodhi Tree a branch brought with her the Sanghamitta Their. From the ground about 21 feet (about 6.5 meters) above on a high terrace was planted the tree and by railings was surrounded. Today in Sri Lanka one of the most sacred relics is the tree, all over the world by the Buddhist respected. From the wild elephants to protect it of King Kirthi Sri Rahasingha during the reign around the tree a wall was built.

The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa. The Tamil king Elara after defeating, this magnificent stupa was built by the King of Sri Lanka the Dutugemunu. As the Ruwanwelisaya, Rathnamali Dagaba, Mahathupa and Swarnamali known the stupa. By the stone elephants is supported the compound, and with the figures of 1,900 elephants is decorated the surrounding wall.

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