The Sacred City of Anuradhapura ...

Abhayagiri Dagoba altars ancient ANURADHAPURA MAHA-BODHI SOCIETY Arahats Arittha ascended the throne Asoka beautiful Bhikshus Bimbisara Brazen Palace bricks Buddhist building canopy carved casket Ceylon City of Anuradhapura constructed cremation Dagoba was built deposited devas edifice elephant enshrined erected feet flowers Gajan Maluwa gate golden HARISCHANDRA Iddhi Jetavanarama King Devanampiya Tissa King Duttha Gamini King Gamini King replied King Tissa Kusinara Lanka Lankarama Dagoba Loha Prasadaya Lord Buddha Maha Mahinda Thera Maha Thera Mahamegha Garden Mahavansa Maligawa Mihintale Monarch monastery Mutasiva Nandana Naranwita Parinibbana Paul Carus paved platform Pokuna political City ponds Priesthood Raja Rajagaha rampart reign relic receptacle relics of Buddha restored retinue Rhys Davids road round the Dagoba royal ruins Ruwanweli Dagoba Sacred Bo-tree Sacred City Sacred Tree Saddha Salapatala Maluwa Samanera Sanghamitta Savatthi side Sinhalese spire spot square stone pillars stone slab summit Tamil invaders tank Thupa Thuparama Dagoba Tissawewa Unnanse Uposatha Veluvana Vihara visitor