Special Occations of Sri Lankan Maritime History

The arrival of Prince Vijaya in 5th  century BCMahavamsa is the ancient and great chronicle of  Sri Lanka starts with the arrival of Prince Vijaya to Sri Lanka. He was a son of Sinhabahu the king of India. Sinhabahu set off Vijaya and his 700 followers from India to the north western coast of the Sri Lanka. It had been most risky to reach the sea to the island. According to the Mahavamsa it is said that there had been three tribes named...

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Reservoirs in Sri Lanka

When going to the history of Sri lanka we can see that most of the people have engaged in agriculture. So sri lanka as a agricultural country there have been a vast irrigation system from the ancient rimes. The effective irrigation system has helped the people of Sri Lanka to develop their crops to the maximum level in South Asia in ancient times. Basawakkulama Tank (Abahaya Weva) Village & Temple Weva & Dagaba is a old saying...

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