CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Anuradhapura period - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"2617805b-29b5-4852-944b-199e4dacc91d","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Anuradhapura_period","wgTitle":"Anuradhapura period","wgCurRevisionId":1173826199,"wgRevisionId":1173826199,"wgArticleId":25912658,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page","Anuradhapura period","Ancient Sri Lanka"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Anuradhapura_period","wgRelevantArticleId":25912658,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q13627537","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false, "wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader", "ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/1200px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1599"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/800px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1066"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="853"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Anuradhapura period - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradhapura_period"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradhapura_period"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Anuradhapura_period rootpage-Anuradhapura_period skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Anuradhapura+period" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Anuradhapura+period" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Anuradhapura+period" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Anuradhapura+period" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Overview" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overview"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Overview</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Political history</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Political_history-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Political history subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Political_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Early_Anuradhapura_period_(377_BCE-463_CE)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_Anuradhapura_period_(377_BCE-463_CE)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Early Anuradhapura period (377 BCE-463 CE)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_Anuradhapura_period_(377_BCE-463_CE)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arrival_of_Buddhism_and_the_sacred_tooth_relic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrival_of_Buddhism_and_the_sacred_tooth_relic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Arrival of Buddhism and the sacred tooth relic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrival_of_Buddhism_and_the_sacred_tooth_relic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Anuradhapura_period_(463-691)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Anuradhapura_period_(463-691)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Middle Anuradhapura period (463-691)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Middle_Anuradhapura_period_(463-691)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Late_Anuradhapura_period_(691-1017)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Late_Anuradhapura_period_(691-1017)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Late Anuradhapura period (691-1017)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Late_Anuradhapura_period_(691-1017)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Lambakanna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lambakanna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Lambakanna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lambakanna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demise" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demise"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Demise</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demise-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arrival_of_Tamils" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrival_of_Tamils"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Arrival of Tamils</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrival_of_Tamils-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Monarchs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Monarchs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Monarchs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Monarchs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Timeline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Timeline</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Timeline subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Anuradhapura period</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 1 language" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-1" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">1 language</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B0%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BB_%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA" title="අනුරාධපුර යුගය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="අනුරාධපුර යුගය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q13627537#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_period" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Anuradhapura_period" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_period"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_period"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Anuradhapura_period" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Anuradhapura_period" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&oldid=1173826199" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Anuradhapura_period&id=1173826199&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnuradhapura_period"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnuradhapura_period"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Anuradhapura_period&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q13627537" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Period in the history of Sri Lanka during the Anuradhapura Kingdom (377 BC-1017 AD)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">History of Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuradhapura Kingdom">Anuradhapura Kingdom</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">Anuradhapura period</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; font-weight: bold;">377 BCE – 1017</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Museum_Asia_45_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1912" data-file-height="2547" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gilded bronze statue of the Bodhisattva <a href="/wiki/Tara_(Buddhism)" title="Tara (Buddhism)">Tara</a>, dated to the 8th century, found in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Including</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Anuradhapura period">Early Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Anuradhapura period">Middle Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Anuradhapura period">Late Anuradhapura period</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Monarch(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vijaya" title="House of Vijaya">House of Vijaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Five_Dravidians" title="The Five Dravidians">The Five Dravidians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lambakanna_I" title="House of Lambakanna I">House of Lambakanna I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Six_Dravidians" title="The Six Dravidians">The Six Dravidians</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Moriya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Moriya (page does not exist)">House of Moriya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lambakanna_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Lambakanna II (page does not exist)">House of Lambakanna II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Chronology</b> <br /><table style="background:var(--background-color-neutral, #eaecf0); color: inherit; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="50%" style="text-align:left;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/10px-Arrleft.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/15px-Arrleft.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/20px-Arrleft.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="133" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Early_kingdoms_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Early kingdoms period">Pre Anuradhapura period</a></td> <td width="50%" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period" title="Polonnaruwa period">Polonnaruwa period</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="class-skin-invert-image"><img alt="class-skin-invert-image" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/10px-Arrright.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/15px-Arrright.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/20px-Arrright.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="133" /></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle-with-top-image,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-caption{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle{padding:0.4em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.2em 0.8em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-image{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-heading{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content{padding:0 0.5em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding:0.1em 0.4em 0.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-below{padding:0.3em 0.8em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-navbar{text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding:0 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6em;font-size:105%}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><div class="sidebar-pretitle" style="margin: -0.2em 0; font-size:69%; font-weight:normal;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:History of Sri Lanka">a series</a> on the</div></th> </tr><tr> <th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style=""><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">History of Sri Lanka</a></th> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0.4em; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_(Taprobane)_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1686 Mallet map of Sri Lanka (Taprobane)"><img alt="1686 Mallet map of Sri Lanka (Taprobane)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg/150px-1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg/225px-1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg/300px-1686_Mallet_Map_of_Ceylon_or_Sri_Lanka_%28Taprobane%29_-_Geographicus_-_Taprobane-mallet-1686.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1602" data-file-height="2033" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center; background:#eee"> Chronicles</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dipavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dipavamsa">Dipavamsa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/C%C5%AB%E1%B8%B7ava%E1%B9%83sa" title="Cūḷavaṃsa">Cūḷavaṃsa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rajavaliya" title="Rajavaliya">Rajavaliya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pujavaliya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pujavaliya (page does not exist)">Pujavaliya</a></i></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center; background:#eee"> Periods</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Prehistory</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Stone Age</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Bronze Age</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Iron Age">Iron Age</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">300,000 BP<br />–543 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Pre_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre Anuradhapura period">Pre Anuradhapura</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_migration" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Aryan migration">Indo-Aryan settlement</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">543–377 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anuradhapura</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Buddhism in Sri Lanka">Arrival of Buddhism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vijithapura" title="Battle of Vijithapura">Dutthagamani's campaign</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Anuradhapura">Fall of Anuradhapura</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">377 BC–1017</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period" title="Polonnaruwa period">Polonnaruwa</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chola_conquest_of_Anuradhapura" title="Chola conquest of Anuradhapura">Chola conquest</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese Resistance">Sinhalese Resistance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_Magha" title="Kalinga Magha">Invasion of Kalinga Magha</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1017–1232</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Transitional_period_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Transitional period of Sri Lanka">Transitional</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vijayab%C4%81_Kollaya" title="Vijayabā Kollaya">Vijayabā Kollaya</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts" title="Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts">Wars of Kotte Succession</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Sixteenth_Century" title="Crisis of the Sixteenth Century">Crisis of the Sixteenth Century</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1232–1597</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_period" title="Kandyan period">Kandy</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan%E2%80%93Dutch_war_(1670%E2%80%931675)" title="Kandyan–Dutch war (1670–1675)">First Kandyan–Dutch war</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kandyan%E2%80%93Dutch_war_(1764%E2%80%931766)" title="Kandyan–Dutch war (1764–1766)">Second Kandyan–Dutch war</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Wars" title="Kandyan Wars">Kandyan–British wars</a><br /></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1597–1815</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon_period" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ceylon period">British Ceylon</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Rebellion_of_1817%E2%80%9318" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Rebellion of 1817–18">Great rebellion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matale_rebellion" title="Matale rebellion">Matale rebellion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_revival_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka">Buddhist revival</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_in_World_War_II" title="Ceylon in World War II">World War II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_independence_movement" title="Sri Lankan independence movement">Independence</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1815–1948</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">Sri Lanka</a></b> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)#Republic_(1972–2009)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">Republic</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1948–present</td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center; background:#eee"> By Topic</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_agriculture_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of agriculture in Sri Lanka">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armed_Forces#History" title="Sri Lanka Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army#History" title="Sri Lanka Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force#History" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Navy" title="History of the Sri Lanka Navy">Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka#Economic_history" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Sri_Lanka#History" title="Education in Sri Lanka">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Geography of Sri Lanka">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_immigration_to_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil immigration to Sri Lanka">Tamil immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <p><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Sri_Lanka" title="Portal:Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka portal</a> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bibliography of Sri Lanka">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_Sri_Lankan_history&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glossary of Sri Lankan history (page does not exist)">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sri_Lankan_history" title="Timeline of Sri Lankan history">Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Template:History of Sri Lanka"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Template talk:History of Sri Lanka"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Special:EditPage/Template:History of Sri Lanka"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Anuradhapura period</b> was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuradhapura Kingdom">Anuradhapura Kingdom</a> from 377 BCE to 1017 CE. The period begins when <a href="/wiki/Pandukabhaya_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura">Pandukabhaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Upatissa_Nuwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara">King of Upatissa Nuwara</a> moved the administration to <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>, becoming the kingdom's first monarch. Anuradhapura is heralded as an ancient cosmopolitan citadel with diverse populations. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Periodization of Sri Lanka history: </p> <div style="font-size:85%;"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#ffefef;"> <th>Dates</th> <th>Period</th> <th>Period</th> <th>Span (years)</th> <th>Subperiod</th> <th>Span (years)</th> <th>Main government </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">300,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present">BP</a>–~1000 BC </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">Prehistoric Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Stone_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Stone Age">Stone Age</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>  </td> <td rowspan="2">300,000 </td> <td rowspan="3">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Bronze Age</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td>~1000 BC–543 BC </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Iron Age">Iron Age</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td>457 </td></tr> <tr> <td>543 BC–437 BC </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pre-Anuradhapura_period" title="Pre-Anuradhapura period">Pre-Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>  </td> <td>106 </td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_monarchy" title="Sinhalese monarchy">Monarchy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>437 BC–463 AD </td> <td rowspan="3"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">1454 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Early_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Anuradhapura period">Early Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td>900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>463–691 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middle_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Anuradhapura period">Middle Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td>228 </td></tr> <tr> <td>691–1017 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Post-classical_history" title="Post-classical history">Post-classical Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Late_Anuradhapura_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Anuradhapura period">Late Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td>326 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1017–1070 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period" title="Polonnaruwa period">Polonnaruwa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">215 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chola_conquest_of_Anuradhapura" title="Chola conquest of Anuradhapura">Chola conquest</a> </td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1055–1232 </td> <td>  </td> <td>177 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1232–1341 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Transitional_period_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Transitional period of Sri Lanka">Transitional</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">365 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dambadeniya_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Dambadeniya period">Dambadeniya</a> </td> <td>109 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1341–1412 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gampola_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Gampola period">Gampola</a> </td> <td>71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1412–1592 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early Modern Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotte_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotte period">Kotte</a> </td> <td>180 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1592–1739 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_period" title="Kandyan period">Kandyan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">223 </td> <td>  </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1739–1815 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nayakkar_period&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nayakkar period (page does not exist)">Nayakkar</a> </td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1815–1833 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Modern_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern period">Modern Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon_period" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ceylon period">British Ceylon</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">133 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post-Kandyan_period&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post-Kandyan period (page does not exist)">Post-Kandyan</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">Colonial monarchy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1833–1948 </td> <td>  </td> <td>115 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948–1972 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_history" title="Contemporary history">Contemporary Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">Sri Lanka since 1948</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion</a> </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Ceylon_(1948%E2%80%931972)" title="Monarchy of Ceylon (1948–1972)">Constitutional monarchy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)#Republic_(1972–2009)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">Republic</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_history">Political history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Anuradhapura_period_(377_BCE-463_CE)"><span id="Early_Anuradhapura_period_.28377_BCE-463_CE.29"></span>Early Anuradhapura period (377 BCE-463 CE)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early Anuradhapura period (377 BCE-463 CE)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pandukabhaya_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura">Pandukabhaya</a> (437–367 BCE) King of Upatissa Nuwara and the first monarch of the Anuradhapura Kingdom and 6th over all of the island of Sri Lanka since the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaya of Sri Lanka">Vijaya</a>, he reigned from 437 BC to 367 BCE. According to many historians and philosophers, he is the first truly Sri Lankan king since the Vijayan invasion, and also the king who ended the conflict between the Sinha clan and local community, reorganizing the populace. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ellalan" title="Ellalan">Elara</a> (205–161 BCE), a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil People">Tamil</a> King with <a href="/wiki/Chola_dynasty" title="Chola dynasty">Chola</a> origins, who ruled "Pihiti Rata", i.e., Sri Lanka north of the <a href="/wiki/Mahaweli" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahaweli">mahaweli</a>, after killing King <a href="/wiki/Asela_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Asela of Sri Lanka">Asela</a>. During Elara's time, <a href="/wiki/Kelani_Tissa" title="Kelani Tissa">Kelani Tissa</a> was a sub-king of <a href="/wiki/Maya_Rata" title="Maya Rata">Maya Rata</a> (south-west) and <a href="/wiki/Kavan_Tissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavan Tissa">Kavan Tissa</a> was a regional sub-king of <a href="/wiki/Ruhuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhuna">Ruhuna</a> (south-east). Kavan Tissa built <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tissa_Maha_Vihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tissa Maha Vihara (page does not exist)">Tissa Maha Vihara</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dighavapi_Tank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dighavapi Tank (page does not exist)">Dighavapi Tank</a> and many shrines in Seruvila. <a href="/wiki/Dutthagamani_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutthagamani of Sri Lanka">Dutugemunu</a> (161–137 BCE) – Eldest son of King Kavan Tissa, who was a young man 25 years of age, defeated the South Indian Tamil Invader Elara (over 64 years of age) in single combat, described in the <a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a>. Dutugemunu is depicted as a Sinhalese "Asoka". The <a href="/wiki/Ruwanwelisaya" title="Ruwanwelisaya">Ruwanwelisaya</a>, built by this king is a dagaba of pyramid-like proportions. It was an engineering marvel. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pulahatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulahatta">Pulahatta</a> (or Pulahatha) deposed by <a href="/wiki/Bahiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahiya">Bahiya</a>, was deposed by <a href="/wiki/Panaya_Mara" class="mw-redirect" title="Panaya Mara">Panaya Mara</a>, deposed by <a href="/wiki/Pilaya_Mara" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilaya Mara">Pilaya Mara</a>, murdered by <a href="/wiki/Dathiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dathiya">Dathiya</a> 88 BCE – deposed by <a href="/wiki/Vattagamani_Abhaya_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Vattagamani Abhaya of Sri Lanka">Valagamba</a>, ending Tamil rule. Valagamba I (89–77) BCE – restored the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vijaya" title="House of Vijaya">Dutugamunu dynasty</a>. The Mahavihara <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a> – Abhayagiri (pro-<a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a>) doctrinal disputes arose at this time. The <a href="/wiki/Tripitaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripitaka">Tripitaka</a> was written in <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a> at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aluvihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aluvihara (page does not exist)">Aluvihara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matale" title="Matale">Matale</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chora_Naga_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Chora Naga of Anuradhapura">Chora Naga</a> (Mahanaga) (63–51) BCE; poisoned by his consort Anula. <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anula" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Anula">Queen Anula</a> (48–44 BCE) – Widow of Chora Naga and <a href="/wiki/Kuda_Tissa_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuda Tissa of Anuradhapura">Kuda Tissa</a>, was the first Queen of Lanka. She had many lovers who were poisoned by her. She was finally killed by: Kuttakanna Tissa. Vasabha (67–111 CE) – <a href="/wiki/Vallipuram" title="Vallipuram">Vallipuram</a> gold plate; he fortified <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> and built eleven tanks; many edicts. <a href="/wiki/Gajabahu_I_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Gajabahu I of Sri Lanka">Gajabahu I</a> (114–136) – invaded the <a href="/wiki/Chola_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola kingdom">Chola kingdom</a> and brought back captives. He recovered the <a href="/wiki/Tooth_relic" class="mw-redirect" title="Tooth relic">tooth relic</a> of the Buddha. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mahasena_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahasena of Sri Lanka">Mahasena</a> (274–301) – The <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a> (Maha Vihara) was persecuted and <a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a> surfaced. Later the King returned to the Maha Vihara. Pandu (429) – first of seven Pandiyan rulers, ending with Pithya, 455; <a href="/wiki/Dhatusena_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhatusena of Sri Lanka">Dhatusena</a> (459–477), his uncle, Mahanama wrote the Mahavamsa, he built "Kalaweva". His son <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa_I_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashyapa I of Sri Lanka">Kashyapa</a> (477–495), built the famous <a href="/wiki/Sigiriya" title="Sigiriya">Sigiriya</a> rock palace. Some 700 rock graffiti give a glimpse of ancient <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arrival_of_Buddhism_and_the_sacred_tooth_relic">Arrival of Buddhism and the sacred tooth relic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arrival of Buddhism and the sacred tooth relic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Devanampiya_Tissa_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Devanampiya Tissa of Sri Lanka">Devanampiya Tissa</a> (250–210 BCE), a <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> King of the <a href="/wiki/Maurya" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurya">Maurya</a> clan. His links with Emperor <a href="/wiki/Asoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Asoka">Asoka</a> led to the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_(buddhist_monk)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda (buddhist monk)">Mahinda</a> (son of Asoka) in 247 BCE. <a href="/wiki/Sangamitta" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangamitta">Sangamitta</a>, (sister of Mahinda) brought a <a href="/wiki/Bodhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhi">Bodhi</a> sapling via Jambukola (Sambiliturei). <a href="/wiki/Sangamitta" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangamitta">Sangamitta</a>'s son Saamanera Sumana also accompanied them to spread <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/Third_Buddhist_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Buddhist Council">Third Buddhist Council</a>, upon the recommendation of <a href="/wiki/Moggaliputta-Tissa" title="Moggaliputta-Tissa">Moggaliputta-Tissa</a> (Ashoka's spiritual teacher). They were also accompanied by a lay disciple Bhankuka, who was a maternal grandson of <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_(buddhist_monk)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda (buddhist monk)">Mahinda</a>'s aunt. There is no evidence in the history of King Ashoka about his having had a son by the name of Mahinda (or by any other name) or a daughter by the name of Sangamitta (or by any other name). This king's reign was crucial to <a href="/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="Theravada Buddhism">Theravada Buddhism</a>, and for Sri Lanka. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Anuradhapura_period_(463-691)"><span id="Middle_Anuradhapura_period_.28463-691.29"></span>Middle Anuradhapura period (463-691)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Middle Anuradhapura period (463-691)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Anuradhapura_period_(691-1017)"><span id="Late_Anuradhapura_period_.28691-1017.29"></span>Late Anuradhapura period (691-1017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late Anuradhapura period (691-1017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lambakanna">Lambakanna</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lambakanna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manavanna_of_Anuradhapura" title="Manavanna of Anuradhapura">Manavanna</a> (684–718) – seized the throne with <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a> help. Manavamma introduced Pallava patronage for three centuries. By the 9th century, with the <a href="/wiki/Pandyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandyan">Pandyan</a> ascendancy in southern India, Anuradhapura was sacked. However, the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> invaded Pandya using a rival prince, and <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> itself was <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_invasion_of_Pandya" title="Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya">sacked</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_V_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda V of Sri Lanka">Mahinda V</a> (982–1029) – was the last Sinhalese monarch of Anuradhapura. He fled to <a href="/wiki/Ruhuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhuna">Ruhuna</a>, where, in 1017, the Chola took him to prison and he died in India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Demise">Demise</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 993, the Chola Emperor <a href="/wiki/Rajaraja_I" title="Rajaraja I">Rajaraja I</a> invaded Sri Lanka, forcing the then Sri Lankan ruler Mahinda V to flee to the southern part of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mahavamsa describes the rule of Mahinda V as weak, and the country was suffering from poverty by this time. It further mentions that his army rose against him due to lack of wages.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWijesooriya2006114_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWijesooriya2006114-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking advantage of this situation, <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_I" title="Rajendra I">Rajendra I</a> son of Rajaraja I, launched a large invasion in 1017. Mahinda V was captured and taken to India, and the Cholas sacked the city of Anuradhapura. They moved the capital to <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa" title="Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a> and subsequent Sri Lankan rulers who came into power after the Chola reign continued to use Polonnaruwa as the capital, thus ending the Anuradhapura Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrival_of_Tamils">Arrival of Tamils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Arrival of Tamils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Potsherds" class="mw-redirect" title="Potsherds">Potsherds</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tamil-Brahmi" title="Tamil-Brahmi">early Tamil writing</a> from the 5th century BCE have been found from the north in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Poonagari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poonagari (page does not exist)">Poonakari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a> to the south in <a href="/wiki/Tissamaharama_Tamil_Brahmi_inscription" class="mw-redirect" title="Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription">Tissamaharama</a>. They bore several inscriptions, including a clan name—vela, a name related to <a href="/wiki/Velirs" class="mw-redirect" title="Velirs">velir</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Tamil_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Tamil country">ancient Tamil country</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMahadevan200348_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahadevan200348-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Epigraphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Epigraphic">Epigraphic</a> evidence shows people identifying themselves as Damelas or Damedas (the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan</a> <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a> word for Tamil people) in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>, the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Rajarata" title="Rajarata">Rajarata</a> the middle kingdom, and other areas of Sri Lanka as early as the 2nd century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIndrapala2007157_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIndrapala2007157-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavations in the area of Tissamaharama in southern Sri Lanka have unearthed locally issued coins, produced between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century CE, some of which carry local Tamil personal names written in early Tamil characters,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMahadevan2000152–154_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahadevan2000152–154-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which suggest that Tamils were present and actively involved in trade along the southern coast of Sri Lanka by the late classical period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBopearachchi2004546–549_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBopearachchi2004546–549-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other ancient inscriptions from the period reference a Tamil merchant,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Tamil householder residing in Ilubharata<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Tamil sailor named Karava.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the five ancient inscriptions referring to the Damedas (Tamils) are in Periya Pullyakulam in the <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya District</a>, one is in Seruvavila district in <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee District</a>, one is in Kuduvil in <a href="/wiki/Amparai_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Amparai District">Amparai District</a> and one is in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a>. Mention is made in literary sources of Tamil rulers bringing horses to the island in water craft in the second century BCE, most likely arriving at <a href="/wiki/Kudiramalai" title="Kudiramalai">Kudiramalai</a>. Historical records establish that Tamil kingdoms in modern India were closely involved in the island's affairs from about the 2nd century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Silva198130–32_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Silva198130–32-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Ancient_constructions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka">Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irrigation_works_in_ancient_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka">Irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka</a></div> <p>The irrigation works in ancient <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> dated from about 300 BC during the reign of King <a href="/wiki/Pandukabhaya" title="Pandukabhaya">Pandukabhaya</a> and under continuous development for the next thousand years, were one of the most complex <a href="/wiki/Irrigation_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Irrigation system">irrigation systems</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient world">ancient world</a>. In addition to underground <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canals</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> were the first to build completely artificial reservoirs and <a href="/wiki/Dams" class="mw-redirect" title="Dams">dams</a> to store water. The system was extensively restored and further extended during the reign of King <a href="/wiki/Par%C4%81kramab%C4%81hu" class="mw-redirect" title="Parākramabāhu">Parākramabāhu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monarchs">Monarchs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Monarchs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vijaya" title="House of Vijaya">House of Vijaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Five_Dravidians" title="The Five Dravidians">The Five Dravidians</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lambakanna_I" title="House of Lambakanna I">House of Lambakanna I</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Six_Dravidians" title="The Six Dravidians">The Six Dravidians</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Moriya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Moriya (page does not exist)">House of Moriya</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lambakanna_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Lambakanna II (page does not exist)">House of Lambakanna II</a> produced 122 monarchs who ruled during this period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="float:left;border:1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);width:100%"><div style="text-align:left; padding:1em; font-size:95%; margin:1em; background:transparent"><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:1.5em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:1.3529411764706%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Yellow;width:26.058823529412%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;border:2px solid Gold"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:72.588235294118%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;text-align:left"><div style="position: relative; top:0em;left:0.5em;; font-size:0.9em">Vijayan era (377 BCE–66)</div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:1.5em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:27.411764705882%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Yellow;width:21.764705882353%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;border:2px solid Gold"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:50.823529411765%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;text-align:left"><div style="position: relative; top:0em;left:0.5em;; font-size:0.9em">Lambakanna I era (66–436)</div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:1.5em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:50.764705882353%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Yellow;width:13.411764705882%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;border:2px solid Gold"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:35.823529411765%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;text-align:left"><div style="position: relative; top:0em;left:0.5em;; font-size:0.9em">Moriya era (463– 691)</div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:1.5em;background-color:transparent"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:64.176470588235%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:Yellow;width:19.176470588235%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;border:2px solid Gold"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:16.647058823529%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:none;text-align:left"><div style="position: relative; top:0em;left:0.5em;; font-size:0.9em">Lambakanna II era (691–1017)</div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%;max-width:100%;border-top:0.1em solid black;height:1em;"></div><div id="Scale" style="clear:both;position:relative;top:-1.4em;left:-0.2em;width:100%;padding:0;height:2.5em"><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">400 BCE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">300 BCE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">200 BCE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">100 BCE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">0 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">100 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">200 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">300 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">400 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">500 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">600 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">700 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">800 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">900 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1000 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1100 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:5.8823529411765%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1200 CE</div></div><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:0%">│<div style="font-size:86%; position:relative; left:-0.8em; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap">1300 CE</div></div></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:center">Anuradhapura period</div></div></div><div style="clear:left;"></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>377 BCE: The <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuradhapura Kingdom">Anuradhapura Kingdom</a> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Pandukabhaya_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura">Pandukabhaya</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period_in_popular_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anuradhapura period in popular culture (page does not exist)">Anuradhapura period in popular culture</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_God_King" title="The God King">The God King</a>, 1974 English and Sinhala historical film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aba_(film)" title="Aba (film)">Aba</a>, 2008 Sinhalese historical film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahindagamanaya" title="Mahindagamanaya">Mahindagamanaya</a>, 2011 Sinhalese historical film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aloko_Udapadi" title="Aloko Udapadi">Aloko Udapadi</a>, 2012 Sinhalese historical film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siri_Daladagamanaya" title="Siri Daladagamanaya">Siri Daladagamanaya</a>, 2014 Sinhalese historical film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Gemunu" title="Maharaja Gemunu">Maharaja Gemunu</a>, 2015 Sinhalese historical film</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahaviru_Pandu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahaviru Pandu (page does not exist)">Mahaviru Pandu</a>, 2020 Sinhalese drama by <a href="/wiki/Hiru_TV" title="Hiru TV">Hiru TV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asirimath_Dalandagamanaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asirimath Dalandagamanaya (page does not exist)">Asirimath Dalandagamanaya</a>, 2022 Sinhalese drama by <a href="/wiki/Hiru_TV" title="Hiru TV">Hiru TV</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala Kingdom">Sinhala Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sinhalese_monarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sinhalese monarchs">List of Sinhalese monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_ancient_Sri_Lanka" title="Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka">Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Dameda vanija gahapati Vishaka"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Ilu bhartechi Dameda karite Dameda gahapatikana"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Dameda navika karava"</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiriweera200444_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSiriweera2004">Siriweera 2004</a>, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWijesooriya2006114-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWijesooriya2006114_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWijesooriya2006">Wijesooriya 2006</a>, p. 114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahadevan200348-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMahadevan200348_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMahadevan2003">Mahadevan 2003</a>, p. 48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEIndrapala2007157-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIndrapala2007157_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFIndrapala2007">Indrapala 2007</a>, p. 157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahadevan2000152–154-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMahadevan2000152–154_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMahadevan2000">Mahadevan 2000</a>, p. 152–154.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBopearachchi2004546–549-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBopearachchi2004546–549_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBopearachchi2004">Bopearachchi 2004</a>, p. 546–549.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Silva198130–32-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Silva198130–32_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDe_Silva1981">De Silva 1981</a>, p. 30–32.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDe_Silva1981" class="citation book cs1">De Silva, K. M. (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dByI_qil26YC"><i>A history of Sri Lanka</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-04320-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-04320-6"><bdi>978-0-520-04320-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+history+of+Sri+Lanka&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=978-0-520-04320-6&rft.aulast=De+Silva&rft.aufirst=K.+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_dByI_qil26YC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMahadevan2003" class="citation book cs1">Mahadevan, Iravatham (2003). <i>Early Tamil epigraphy from the earliest times to the sixth century A.D</i>. Cre-A. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780674012271" title="Special:BookSources/9780674012271"><bdi>9780674012271</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Early+Tamil+epigraphy+from+the+earliest+times+to+the+sixth+century+A.D.&rft.pub=Cre-A&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9780674012271&rft.aulast=Mahadevan&rft.aufirst=Iravatham&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1990. <i>Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka</i>. 752 pages with 1610 illustrations. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/962-7049-05-0" title="Special:BookSources/962-7049-05-0">962-7049-05-0</a></li> <li>von Schroeder, Ulrich. 1992. <i>The Golden Age of Sculpture in Sri Lanka</i>. [Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1 November 1992 – 26 September 1993]. 160 pages with 64 illustrations. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/962-7049-06-9" title="Special:BookSources/962-7049-06-9">962-7049-06-9</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBandaranayake2007" class="citation book cs1">Bandaranayake, Senake (2007). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sigiriyacitypala0000band"><i>Sigiriya</i></a></span>. Central Cultural Fund. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-613-111-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-613-111-6"><bdi>978-955-613-111-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sigiriya&rft.pub=Central+Cultural+Fund&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-955-613-111-6&rft.aulast=Bandaranayake&rft.aufirst=Senake&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsigiriyacitypala0000band&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBopearachchi2004" class="citation book cs1">Bopearachchi, Osmund (2004). "Ancient Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu". In Chevillard, Jean-Luc; Wilden, Eva (eds.). <i>South-Indian Horizons: Felicitation Volume for François Gros on the occasion of his 70th birthday</i>. Publications du Département d'Indologie – 94. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry / École Française d'Extrême-Orient. pp. 546–549. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-85539-630-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-85539-630-9"><bdi>978-2-85539-630-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0073-8352">0073-8352</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ancient+Sri+Lanka+and+Tamil+Nadu&rft.btitle=South-Indian+Horizons%3A+Felicitation+Volume+for+Fran%C3%A7ois+Gros+on+the+occasion+of+his+70th+birthday&rft.place=Pondicherry&rft.series=Publications+du+D%C3%A9partement+d%27Indologie+%E2%80%93+94&rft.pages=546-549&rft.pub=Institut+Fran%C3%A7ais+de+Pondich%C3%A9ry+%2F+%C3%89cole+Fran%C3%A7aise+d%27Extr%C3%AAme-Orient&rft.date=2004&rft.issn=0073-8352&rft.isbn=978-2-85539-630-9&rft.aulast=Bopearachchi&rft.aufirst=Osmund&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIndrapala2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/K._Indrapala" title="K. Indrapala">Indrapala, K.</a> (2007). <i>The Evolution of an Ethnic Identity: The Tamils in Sri Lanka C. 300 BCE to C. 1200 CE</i>. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-1266-72-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-1266-72-1"><bdi>978-955-1266-72-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Evolution+of+an+Ethnic+Identity%3A+The+Tamils+in+Sri+Lanka+C.+300+BCE+to+C.+1200+CE&rft.place=Colombo&rft.pub=Vijitha+Yapa&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-955-1266-72-1&rft.aulast=Indrapala&rft.aufirst=K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLokubandara2007" class="citation book cs1">Lokubandara, W. J. M. (2007). <i>The Mistique of Sigiriya — Whispers of the Mirror Wall</i>. Godage International Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-30-0610-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-30-0610-3"><bdi>978-955-30-0610-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mistique+of+Sigiriya+%E2%80%94+Whispers+of+the+Mirror+Wall&rft.pub=Godage+International+Publishers&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-955-30-0610-3&rft.aulast=Lokubandara&rft.aufirst=W.+J.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMendis1999" class="citation book cs1">Mendis, Ranjan Chinthaka (1999). <i>The Story of Anuradhapura</i>. Lakshmi Mendis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-96704-0-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-96704-0-7"><bdi>978-955-96704-0-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Story+of+Anuradhapura&rft.pub=Lakshmi+Mendis&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-955-96704-0-7&rft.aulast=Mendis&rft.aufirst=Ranjan+Chinthaka&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerera2001" class="citation book cs1">Perera, Lakshman S. (2001). <i>The Institutions of Ancient Ceylon from Inscriptions</i>. Vol. 1. International Centre for Ethnic Studies. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-580-055-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-580-055-6"><bdi>978-955-580-055-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Institutions+of+Ancient+Ceylon+from+Inscriptions&rft.pub=International+Centre+for+Ethnic+Studies&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-955-580-055-6&rft.aulast=Perera&rft.aufirst=Lakshman+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRambukwelle1993" class="citation book cs1">Rambukwelle, P. B. (1993). <i>Commentary on Sinhala Kingship — Vijaya to Kalinga Magha</i>. Sridevi Printers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-95565-0-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-95565-0-3"><bdi>978-955-95565-0-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Commentary+on+Sinhala+Kingship+%E2%80%94+Vijaya+to+Kalinga+Magha&rft.pub=Sridevi+Printers&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-955-95565-0-3&rft.aulast=Rambukwelle&rft.aufirst=P.+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSiriweera2004" class="citation book cs1">Siriweera, W. I. (2004). <i>History of Sri Lanka</i>. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-551-257-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-551-257-2"><bdi>978-955-551-257-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Sri+Lanka&rft.pub=Dayawansa+Jayakodi+%26+Company&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-955-551-257-2&rft.aulast=Siriweera&rft.aufirst=W.+I.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSiriweera1994" class="citation book cs1">Siriweera, W. I. (1994). <i>A Study of the Economic History of Pre Modern Sri Lanka</i>. Vikas Publishing House. pp. 44–45. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7069-7621-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7069-7621-2"><bdi>978-0-7069-7621-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Study+of+the+Economic+History+of+Pre+Modern+Sri+Lanka&rft.pages=44-45&rft.pub=Vikas+Publishing+House&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-7069-7621-2&rft.aulast=Siriweera&rft.aufirst=W.+I.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWijesooriya2006" class="citation book cs1">Wijesooriya, S. (2006). <i>A Concise Sinhala Mahavamsa</i>. Participatory Development Forum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-955-9140-31-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-955-9140-31-3"><bdi>978-955-9140-31-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Concise+Sinhala+Mahavamsa&rft.pub=Participatory+Development+Forum&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-955-9140-31-3&rft.aulast=Wijesooriya&rft.aufirst=S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParanavithana1936" class="citation journal cs1">Paranavithana, Senarath (July 1936). "Two Royal Titles of the Early Sinhalese, and the Origin of Kingship in Ancient Ceylon". <i>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</i> (3): 443–462.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft.atitle=Two+Royal+Titles+of+the+Early+Sinhalese%2C+and+the+Origin+of+Kingship+in+Ancient+Ceylon&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=443-462&rft.date=1936-07&rft.aulast=Paranavithana&rft.aufirst=Senarath&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMahadevan2000" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Iravatham_Mahadevan" title="Iravatham Mahadevan">Mahadevan, Iravatham</a> (March 2000). "Ancient Tamil Coins from Sri Lanka". <i>Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies</i>. <b>XVII</b> (2): 147–156.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Institute+of+Asian+Studies&rft.atitle=Ancient+Tamil+Coins+from+Sri+Lanka&rft.volume=XVII&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=147-156&rft.date=2000-03&rft.aulast=Mahadevan&rft.aufirst=Iravatham&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnuradhapura+period" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bibliography of Sri Lanka">Bibliography of Sri Lanka</a></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Early_kingdoms_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Early kingdoms period">Pre Anuradhapura period</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Anuradhapura period<br />of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan history</a> </b><br />377 BC–1017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chola_occupation_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola occupation of Anuradhapura">Chola occupation of Anuradhapura</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_Anuradhapura_period_topics_→" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Anuradhapura_period_topics" title="Template:Anuradhapura period topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Anuradhapura_period_topics" title="Template talk:Anuradhapura period topics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Anuradhapura_period_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Anuradhapura period topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="←_Anuradhapura_period_topics_→" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Pre_Anuradhapura_period_topics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Pre Anuradhapura period topics (page does not exist)">←</a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anuradhapura period</a> topics <a href="/wiki/Template:Polonnaruwa_period_topics" title="Template:Polonnaruwa period topics">→</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Anuradhapura kingdom</a> 377 BC – 1017 AD</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Background</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Outline of Sri Lanka">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bibliography of Sri Lanka">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sri_Lankan_history" title="Timeline of Sri Lankan history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of years in Sri Lanka">Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Anuradhapura_period" title="Pre-Anuradhapura period">Pre-Anuradhapura period</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early period <div style="float: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(377 BC–463 AD)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka#Introduction_of_Buddhism" title="Buddhism in Sri Lanka">Arrival of Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellalan" title="Ellalan">Elara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutugamunu_Campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dutugamunu Campaign (page does not exist)">Dutugamunu Campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vijithapura" title="Battle of Vijithapura">Battle of Vijithapura</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Five_Dravidians" title="The Five Dravidians">The Five Dravidians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Buddhist_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Buddhist council">Fourth Buddhist council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka" title="Tripiṭaka">Tripiṭaka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gajabahu%27s_invasion_of_Chola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gajabahu's invasion of Chola (page does not exist)">Gajabahu's invasion of Chola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beminitiya_Seya" title="Beminitiya Seya">Beminitiya Seya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha" title="Relic of the tooth of the Buddha">Relic of the tooth of the Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dipavamsa">Dipavamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Six_Dravidians" title="The Six Dravidians">The Six Dravidians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Middle period <div style="float: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(463–691)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigiriya" title="Sigiriya">Sigiriya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late period <div style="float: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(691–1017)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_invasion_of_Pandya" title="Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya">Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chola_conquest_of_Anuradhapura" title="Chola conquest of Anuradhapura">Chola conquest of Anuradhapura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Government_and_military" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_monarchy" title="Sinhalese monarchy">Monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_monarchs" title="List of Sri Lankan monarchs">Monarchs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vijaya" title="House of Vijaya">Vijaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lambakanna_I" title="House of Lambakanna I">Lambakanna I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Moriya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Moriya (page does not exist)">Moriya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Lambakanna_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Lambakanna II (page does not exist)">Lambakanna II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Military" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_immigration_to_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil immigration to Sri Lanka">Tamil mercenaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Law" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Capital of Sri Lanka">Capital city</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics</a> and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Foreign relations of Sri Lanka">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_(Buddhist_monk)" title="Mahinda (Buddhist monk)">Mahinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanghamitta" title="Sanghamitta">Sanghamitta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Geography of Sri Lanka">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka">Administrative divisions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malaya_Rata" title="Malaya Rata">Malaya Rata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Rata" title="Maya Rata">Maya Rata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarata" title="Rajarata">Rajarata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Ruhuna" title="Principality of Ruhuna">Ruhuna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of cities in Sri Lanka">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa" title="Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigiriya" title="Sigiriya">Sigiriya</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sites <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhayagiri_vih%C4%81ra" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhayagiri vihāra">Abhayagiri vihāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Maha_Viharaya" title="Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya">Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atamasthana" title="Atamasthana">Atamasthana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi" title="Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi">Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahamevn%C4%81wa_Gardens" title="Mahamevnāwa Gardens">Mahamevnāwa Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapagala_fortress" title="Mapagala fortress">Mapagala fortress</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Economy" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_irrigation_network" title="Sri Lankan irrigation network">Irrigation network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tank_cascade_system" title="Tank cascade system">Tank cascade system</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gems_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Gems of Sri Lanka">Gems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_trade" title="Ivory trade">Ivory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_hunting" title="Pearl hunting">Pearls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kahapana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kahapana (page does not exist)">Kahapana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahavanu" title="Kahavanu">Kahavanu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Gokanna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Gokanna (page does not exist)">Port of Gokanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Jambukola" title="Port of Jambukola">Port of Jambukola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Mahatittha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Mahatittha (page does not exist)">Port of Mahatittha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajakariya" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajakariya">Rajakariya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Culture" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Society and culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_ancient_Sri_Lanka" title="Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caste_system_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Caste system in Sri Lanka">Caste system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_constructions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka">Constructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_immigration_to_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil immigration to Sri Lanka">Immigration</a></li> <li>Literature <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pali_literature" title="Pali literature">in Pali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhala literature">in Sinhalese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Esala_Perahera" title="Kandy Esala Perahera">Perahera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period_in_popular_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anuradhapura period in popular culture (page does not exist)">Popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom#Religion" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Buddhism in Sri Lanka">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_Vedic_religion" title="Historical Vedic religion">Brahmanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajrayana" title="Vajrayana">Tantric Buddhism</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Anuradhapura_period" title="Category:Anuradhapura period">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Sri_Lanka" title="Portal:Sri Lanka">Portal</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="WikiProject"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/16px-People_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/24px-People_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/People_icon.svg/32px-People_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sri_Lanka" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka">WikiProject</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="History_of_Sri_Lanka" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_Sri_Lanka_bar" title="Template:History of Sri Lanka bar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_Sri_Lanka_bar" title="Template talk:History of Sri Lanka bar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:History_of_Sri_Lanka_bar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:History of Sri Lanka bar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="History_of_Sri_Lanka" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">History of Sri Lanka</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Anuradhapura_period" title="Pre-Anuradhapura period">Pre-Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period" title="Polonnaruwa period">Polonnaruwa period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_period_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Transitional period of Sri Lanka">Transitional period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Sixteenth_Century" title="Crisis of the Sixteenth Century">Crisis of the Sixteenth Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_period" title="Kandyan period">Kandyan period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_British_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="History of British Ceylon">History of British Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dipavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dipavamsa">Dipavamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Culavamsa">Culavamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Vijaya" title="Prince Vijaya">Prince Vijaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Wars" title="Kandyan Wars">Kandyan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uva_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Uva Rebellion">Uva Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matale_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Matale Rebellion">Matale Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_independence_movement" title="Sri Lankan independence movement">Independence movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion of Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Sri Lanka"><img alt="Emblem of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/75px-Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/113px-Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/150px-Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="851" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">By Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of North Central Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Sabaragamuwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Sabaragamuwa (page does not exist)">Sabaragamuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Uva" title="History of Uva">Uva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of cities in Sri Lanka">By city</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Ampara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Ampara (page does not exist)">Ampara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Anuradhapura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Anuradhapura (page does not exist)">Anuradhapura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Avissawella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Avissawella (page does not exist)">Avissawella</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Badulla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Badulla (page does not exist)">Badulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Batticaloa" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Colombo" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Colombo">Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Dambadeniya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Dambadeniya (page does not exist)">Dambadeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Dambulla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Dambulla (page does not exist)">Dambulla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Dehiwala-Mount_Lavinia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (page does not exist)">Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Galle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Galle (page does not exist)">Galle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Gampaha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Gampaha (page does not exist)">Gampaha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Gampola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Gampola (page does not exist)">Gampola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Hambantota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Hambantota (page does not exist)">Hambantota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Jaffna" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Jaffna">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Kalutara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Kalutara (page does not exist)">Kalutara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kandy" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Kandy">Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Kegalle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Kegalle (page does not exist)">Kegalle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Kilinochchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Kilinochchi (page does not exist)">Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Kurunegala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Kurunegala (page does not exist)">Kurunegala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Mannar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Mannar (page does not exist)">Mannar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Matale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Matale (page does not exist)">Matale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Matara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Matara (page does not exist)">Matara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Moneragala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Moneragala (page does not exist)">Moneragala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Moratuwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Moratuwa (page does not exist)">Moratuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Mullaitivu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Mullaitivu (page does not exist)">Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Negombo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Negombo (page does not exist)">Negombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nuwara_Eliya" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Polonnaruwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Polonnaruwa (page does not exist)">Polonnaruwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Puttalam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Puttalam (page does not exist)">Puttalam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Raigama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Raigama (page does not exist)">Raigama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Ratnapura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Ratnapura (page does not exist)">Ratnapura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Sigiriya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Sigiriya (page does not exist)">Sigiriya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Sri_Jayawardenapura_Kotte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (page does not exist)">Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Trincomalee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Trincomalee (page does not exist)">Trincomalee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Vavuniya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Vavuniya (page does not exist)">Vavuniya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Sri_Lanka" title="Portal:Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sri_Lanka_topics" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sri_Lanka_topics" title="Template:Sri Lanka topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sri_Lanka_topics" title="Template talk:Sri Lanka topics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sri_Lanka_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sri Lanka topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sri_Lanka_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> topics</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overviews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankans" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankans">Sri Lankans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Outline of Sri Lanka">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bibliography of Sri Lanka">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sri_Lankan_history" title="Timeline of Sri Lankan history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of years in Sri Lanka">Years</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2024 in Sri Lanka">2024</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka" title="History of Sri Lanka">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prehistory of Sri Lanka">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Anuradhapura_period" title="Pre-Anuradhapura period">Pre-Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Anuradhapura period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period" title="Polonnaruwa period">Polonnaruwa period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_period_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Transitional period of Sri Lanka">Transitional period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_period" title="Kandyan period">Kandyan period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon_period" class="mw-redirect" title="British Ceylon period">British Ceylon period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka_(1948%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)">Sri Lanka (1948–present)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Epochs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa" title="Mahāvaṃsa">Mahāvaṃsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Vijaya" title="Prince Vijaya">Vijaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tambapanni" title="Kingdom of Tambapanni">Tambapanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_kingdom" title="Anuradhapura kingdom">Anuradhapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chola_conquest_of_Anuradhapura" title="Chola conquest of Anuradhapura">Chola conquest of Anuradhapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Polonnaruwa" title="Kingdom of Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_kingdom" title="Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dambadeniya" title="Kingdom of Dambadeniya">Dambadeniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gampola" title="Kingdom of Gampola">Gampola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kotte" title="Kingdom of Kotte">Kotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Sixteenth_Century" title="Crisis of the Sixteenth Century">Crisis of the Sixteenth Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sitawaka" title="Kingdom of Sitawaka">Sitawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Ceylon" title="Dutch Ceylon">Dutch Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Wars" title="Kandyan Wars">Kandyan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Rebellion_of_1817%E2%80%9318" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Rebellion of 1817–18">Uva Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matale_rebellion" title="Matale rebellion">Matale rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_independence_movement" title="Sri Lankan independence movement">Independence movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion of Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aragalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Aragalaya">Aragalaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_chronicles_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of chronicles of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Chronicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_monarchs" title="List of Sri Lankan monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographic_history_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Demographic history of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Demographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic history of Sri Lanka">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="History of education in Sri Lanka">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_history_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military history of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_sexual_minorities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="History of sexual minorities in Sri Lanka">Sexual Minorities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Law of Sri Lanka">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)">Constitutional Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Heads of state of Sri Lanka">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)">Executive Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Government" title="Ministers of the Sri Lanka Government">Ministers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_ministries_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of ministries of Sri Lanka">Ministries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Administrative_Service" title="Sri Lanka Administrative Service">Administrative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Security Council (Sri Lanka)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Law enforcement in Sri Lanka">Law enforcement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Judiciary of Sri Lanka">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka">Court of appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="High Courts of Sri Lanka">High Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="District courts of Sri Lanka">District courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrate's Courts of Sri Lanka">Magistrate's Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary Courts of Sri Lanka">Primary Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Tribunal" title="Labour Tribunal">Labour Tribunal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)">Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_speaker_and_chairman_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Deputy speaker and chairman of committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_Committees" title="Deputy Chairman of Committees">Deputy Chairman of Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the House (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Government_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Government Whip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Opposition_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Opposition Whip</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretaries-General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secretaries-General of Parliament (page does not exist)">Secretaries-General</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">15th Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">Members</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">National security</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armed_Forces" title="Sri Lanka Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Navy" title="Sri Lanka Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Coast_Guard" title="Sri Lanka Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li>Intelligence <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Intelligence_Service_(Sri_Lanka)" title="State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)">State Intelligence Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Directorate of Military Intelligence (Sri Lanka)">Directorate of Military Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Sri Lanka Police">Sri Lanka Police Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devolution_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devolution in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Devolution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_government_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial government in Sri Lanka">Provincial governments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local governments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_councils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Municipal councils of Sri Lanka">Municipal councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_councils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Urban councils of Sri Lanka">Urban councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradeshiya_Sabha" title="Pradeshiya Sabha">Pradeshiya Sabha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wards_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wards of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Wards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Capital of Sri Lanka">Capital city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Foreign relations of Sri Lanka">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Political_scandals_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Political scandals of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Scandals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Geography of Sri Lanka">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka">Administrative divisions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divisional_Secretariats_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka">Divisional Secretariats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grama_Niladhari" title="Grama Niladhari">Grama Niladhari divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of cities in Sri Lanka">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of towns in Sri Lanka">Towns</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of ecoregions in Sri Lanka">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Environment of Sri Lanka">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Extreme points of Sri Lanka">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of islands of Sri Lanka">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of mountains of Sri Lanka">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pidurutalagala" title="Pidurutalagala">Pidurutalagala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Highlands of Sri Lanka">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanthana_Mountain_Range" title="Hanthana Mountain Range">Hanthana Mountain Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knuckles_Mountain_Range" title="Knuckles Mountain Range">Knuckles Mountain Range</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of national parks of Sri Lanka">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Protected areas of Sri Lanka">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of rivers of Sri Lanka">Rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahaweli_River" title="Mahaweli River">Mahaweli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvathu_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Malvathu River">Malvathu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelani_River" title="Kelani River">Kelani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Ganga" title="Kalu Ganga">Kalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gin_Ganga" title="Gin Ganga">Gin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of Sri Lanka">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Wildlife of Sri Lanka">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Agriculture in Sri Lanka">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Banking in Sri Lanka">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Bank of Sri Lanka">Central Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Telecommunications in Sri Lanka">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of companies of Sri Lanka">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Electricity sector in Sri Lanka">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_technology_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Information technology in Sri Lanka">Information technology</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_public_debt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka public debt (page does not exist)">Public debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_rupee" title="Sri Lankan rupee">Rupee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Science and technology in Sri Lanka">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Stock_Exchange" title="Colombo Stock Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Taxation in Sri Lanka">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign trade of Sri Lanka">Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Transport in Sri Lanka">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Unemployment_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unemployment in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Welfare in Sri Lanka">Welfare</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Industries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apparel_industry_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Apparel industry of Sri Lanka">Apparel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Beer in Sri Lanka">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinnamon_production_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cinnamon production in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Cinnamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocoa_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Cocoa production in Sri Lanka">Cocoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coconut_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Coconut production in Sri Lanka">Coconut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Coffee production in Sri Lanka">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gems_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Gems of Sri Lanka">Gems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite_mining_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Graphite mining in Sri Lanka">Graphite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Rice production in Sri Lanka">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubber_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Rubber production in Sri Lanka">Rubber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_production_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar production in Sri Lanka">Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tea production in Sri Lanka">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tourism in Sri Lanka">Tourism</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_society" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan society">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Childbirth_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Childbirth in Sri Lanka">Birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Demographics of Sri Lanka">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Women in Sri Lanka">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_minorities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Sexual minorities in Sri Lanka">Sexual Minorities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Education in Sri Lanka">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Health in Sri Lanka">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Languages of Sri Lanka">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Sri Lanka">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Mass media in Sri Lanka">Mass media</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Public holidays in Sri Lanka">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Religion in Sri Lanka">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Social class in Sri Lanka">Social class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Culture of Sri Lanka">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Architecture of Sri Lanka">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_arts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Visual arts of Sri Lanka">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cinema of Sri Lanka">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_cuisine" title="Sri Lankan cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Dance in Sri Lanka">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fashion_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fashion in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Flag of Sri Lanka">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Folklore_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Folklore of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_literature" title="Sri Lankan literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Music of Sri Lanka">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Sri_Lanka" title="National symbols of Sri Lanka">National symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_philosophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lankan philosophy (page does not exist)">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Radio in Sri Lanka">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Sport in Sri Lanka">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_games_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Traditional games of Sri Lanka">Traditional games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angampora" title="Angampora">Angampora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheena_di" title="Cheena di">Cheena di</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Television in Sri Lanka">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Theatre of Sri Lanka">Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Capital punishment in Sri Lanka">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Crime in Sri Lanka">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disability_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Disability in Sri Lanka">Disability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Gender inequality in Sri Lanka">Gender inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Human rights in Sri Lanka">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Immigration_to_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Immigration to Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Sri_Lanka" title="International rankings of Sri Lanka">International rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_sexual_minorities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="History of sexual minorities in Sri Lanka">LGBT history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Sri Lanka">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Poverty in Sri Lanka">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Terrorism in Sri Lanka">Terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Sri Lanka">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Sri_Lanka" title="Portal:Sri Lanka">Portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&oldid=1173826199">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&oldid=1173826199</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Anuradhapura_period" title="Category:Anuradhapura period">Anuradhapura period</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Ancient Sri Lanka">Ancient Sri Lanka</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_hatnote_templates_targeting_a_nonexistent_page" title="Category:Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page">Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 4 September 2023, at 17:09<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_period&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-694cf4987f-sjsgf","wgBackendResponseTime":212,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.803","walltime":"0.987","ppvisitednodes":{"value":4132,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":204200,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":24830,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":8,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":92466,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 799.112 1 -total"," 19.57% 156.390 1 Template:History_of_Sri_Lanka"," 19.26% 153.924 12 Template:Cite_book"," 19.14% 152.979 1 Template:Sidebar_with_collapsible_lists"," 11.49% 91.838 7 Template:Navbox"," 9.93% 79.360 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.28% 58.171 1 Template:Anuradhapura_period"," 6.94% 55.423 8 Template:Sfn"," 6.14% 49.026 2 Template:Pagetype"," 5.43% 43.404 1 Template:Infobox_historical_era"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.404","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8443142,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"table#1 {\n [\"size\"] = \"tiny\",\n}\nanchor_id_list = table#1 {\n [\"CITEREFBandaranayake2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBopearachchi2004\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFDe_Silva1981\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFIndrapala2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFLokubandara2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMahadevan2000\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMahadevan2003\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMendis1999\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFParanavithana1936\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPerera2001\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFRambukwelle1993\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSiriweera1994\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSiriweera2004\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWijesooriya2006\"] = 1,\n}\ntemplate_list = table#1 {\n [\"Anuradhapura period\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite book\"] = 12,\n [\"Cite journal\"] = 2,\n [\"DEFAULTSORT:History Of Sri Lanka\"] = 1,\n [\"History of Sri Lanka\"] = 1,\n [\"History of Sri Lanka bar\"] = 1,\n [\"ISBN\"] = 2,\n [\"Infobox historical era\"] = 1,\n [\"Main\"] = 4,\n [\"NoteFoot\"] = 1,\n [\"NoteTag\"] = 3,\n [\"Plainlist\"] = 2,\n [\"Refbegin\"] = 1,\n [\"Refend\"] = 1,\n [\"Reflist\"] = 1,\n [\"S-aft\"] = 1,\n [\"S-bef\"] = 1,\n [\"S-end\"] = 1,\n [\"S-start\"] = 1,\n [\"S-ttl\"] = 1,\n [\"Sfn\"] = 8,\n [\"Short description\"] = 1,\n [\"Simple Horizontal timeline\"] = 1,\n [\"Smalldiv\"] = 1,\n [\"Sri Lanka topics\"] = 1,\n [\"Sri Lankan history overview\"] = 1,\n}\narticle_whitelist = table#1 {\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-6b7f745dd4-vzxv5","timestamp":"20241125134323","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Anuradhapura period","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anuradhapura_period","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q13627537","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q13627537","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2010-01-23T04:27:01Z","dateModified":"2023-09-04T17:09:30Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8e\/British_Museum_Asia_45_%28cropped%29.jpg","headline":"Period in the history of Sri Lanka during the Anuradhapura Kingdom (377 BC-1017 AD)"}</script> </body> </html>