Thursday, April 11, 2013

Polonnaruwa


Mediaval Capital City.... The glory of anuradapura was destroyed by south indian invaders compelling the sinhala monarchs to established the capital in a different location pulaththingara-modern polonnaruwa.the architectured features ,sculptures,painting and writings on stone have it own identify of polonnaruwa type influenced not only by buddhism but also by hindhuism as well.the UNESCO declared polonnaruwa a world heritage site in 1982.....

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