• Anuradhapura West electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town...
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    Yakalla Anuradhapura East Electoral District Anuradhapura West Electoral District Horowpothana Electoral District Kalawewa Electoral District Kekirawa...
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  • Anuradhapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district...
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    The Anuradhapura West Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Anuradhapura Electoral District, in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The winner...
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    conjuncts instead of Indic text. The Anuradhapura kingdom (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර රාජධානිය, translit: Anurādhapura Rājadhāniya, Tamil: அனுராதபுர இராச்சியம்)...
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    The Anuradhapura period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 377 BCE to 1017 CE. The period begins when Pandukabhaya...
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    members. Kurunegala District is bounded by six districts, to the north the Anuradhapura District, the east by the Matale and Kandy Districts, south by the Gampaha...
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    earliest ancestors of the Sinhalese. The first Sri Lankan ruler of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, Pandukabhaya, is recorded for the 4th century BCE. Buddhism...
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    the Anuradhapura Kingdom in the early historic period. The Anuradhapura period (377 BCE – 1017 CE) began with the establishment of the Anuradhapura Kingdom...
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    Mahāvaṃsa (category Anuradhapura period)
    kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura. It was written in the style of an epic poem written in the Pali language...
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    The districts are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats. They were originally based on the feudal counties, the...
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    Elections September 21, 2024" (PDF). ifes.org. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 2024. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September...
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    Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Iron Age of the country until the Pre Anuradhapura period in 543 BC. There is evidence of Paleolithic (Homo erectus) people...
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    the second longest river in Sri Lanka and runs through Mannar and Anuradhapura districts. Mannar has artesian springs and aquifers. These water supply comes...
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    noted during the reigns of Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura, Maha Naga of Anuradhapura and Manavanna of Anuradhapura until the publication of The Life of Alexander...
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    Dīpavaṃsa (category Anuradhapura period)
    Men". Dhatusena of Anuradhapura (5th century) had ordered the Dipavamsa be recited at the Mahinda festival held annually in Anuradhapura. The Dipavamsa refers...
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    in chronological order: the kingdoms of Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka and Kandy. The last...
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    kingdom following kingdom of Yapahuwa. Kurunegala, capital of the Kurunegala District and the modern-day province of Wayamba, was used as a royal capital for...
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  • Taught (1959, ISBN 0-8021-3031-3) History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anuradhapura period, 3rd Century BC – 10th Century AD (1966) Humour in Pali Literature...
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    Koneswaram Temple (category Hindu temples in Trincomalee District)
    queen of the Pandyan King Pandia, who was absent from his throne in Anuradhapura on a visit to Jaffna. Kullakottan constructed and re-established the...
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    Kurunegala (category Populated places in Kurunegala District)
    annually. This number includes the patients from the other districts also, namely Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, and Mathale. Kurunegala is home...
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    the `Five Countries above the mountains,' practically the modem Kandy District, with the title of king, and the other sons of Dona Catharina, Kumarasinha...
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    an An-26 chartered from Ukrainian company Avialinii AAR crashed near Anuradhapura Airport while carrying Sri Lanka Army troops, killing all 40 on board...
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    remained under government control in the Kegalle District. In the North Central Province, only the Anuradhapura town and its police station held out, while...
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    into five geographic provinces. The districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Nuvarakalaviya (present day Anuradhapura District) and Vanni formed the new Northern Province...
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    Sri Lankan Army, such as the Anuradhapura massacre which immediately followed the Valvettithurai massacre. The Anuradhapura massacre sparked the Kumudini...
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    factors including unsuitability of the lowland areas, competition from the West Indies, lack of cultivation skills and poor infrastructure. The first plantation...
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    India with a population of about 22 million. Density is highest in the south west where Colombo, the country's main port and industrial center, is located...
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    the JVP in 1965 and of the day the LTTE killed 146 pilgrims during the Anuradhapura massacre at the Sri Maha Bodhi in 1985. The party leaders said that the...
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  • there were nearly 3,000 graphite pits and mines scattered across the south-west of the island. A number of these pits were mechanised (mol pathal) although...
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