Get our new history books for free by mail or find our free kindle books on amazon. This tank now known as basawakkulama wewa was the foundation stone of a. Brohier was one of the first scholars to acknowledge the importance and history of sri lankas ancient irrigation works brohier 1979, 1935. The irrigation works in ancient sri lanka, the earliest dating from about 300 bce, in the reign of.
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The first chronicle, dipavamsa, contains historical narratives from. Basawakkulama wewa first reservoir to be in the recorded history of sri lanka today carries 174 hectares of water at the surface even after 2500 years, the tank still continue to supply water to anuradhapura. Nachchaduwa, nuwara wewa, basawakkulama, tisa wewa there are few in kala. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Sinhala ebooks on demand free sinhala novels create a post. Basawakkulama 400 bc authors note only panda wewa is older than king pandukabhayas abhaya wewa. The written sources for sri lankan history mainly comprise chronicles and lithic inscriptions 7. Pandukabhaya was the grand son of king panduvasdev. This is now popularly known as basawakkulama sinhalese.
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