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    The Polonnaruwa Vatadage is an ancient structure dating back to the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa of Sri Lanka. It is believed to have been built during the reign...
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    occupation and continued to thrive there long after the humans left. Polonnaruwa Vatadage Hatadage Rankoth Vehera Nissanka Latha Mandapaya Gal Vihara World...
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    Thuparamaya. The best example of a vatadage is generally believed to be the Polonnaruwa Vatadage. Along with it, the vatadages at Medirigiriya and Thiriyaya...
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    The Vatadages were built since the Anuradhapura period, however, the peak was reached during the Polonnaruwa period. The Polonnaruwa Vatadage is considered...
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    The site was documented in 3D in 2019 by the Zamani Project. Polonnaruwa Vatadage Vatadage "PART I : Section (I) — General Government Notifications" (PDF)...
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    of administration was moved to Polonnaruwa, to the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in 1232. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the second major Sinhalese...
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    specimen of the Sandakada pahanas of the Polonnaruwa period is at the northern entrance of the Polonnaruwa Vatadage. By the time of the Gampola and Kandy...
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    vatadage’ or rotunda. It is a circular relic house and apart from Thuparama and Lankarama in Anuradhapura, the best example is seen in Polonnaruwa. There...
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    300 and 1300 CE, during the Anuradhapura Kingdom (437 CE–845 CE) and Polonnaruwa kingdom (846 CE–1302 CE) eras. Sri Lanka irrigation engineers of this...
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  • Cricket Ground Polonnaruwa–Pagan War Polonnaruwa period, period in Sri Lanka from 1017 to 1232 Polonnaruwa Polling Division Polonnaruwa Vatadage, ancient structure...
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  • Vihara, Polonnaruwa Hatadage, Polonnaruwa Medirigiriya Vatadage, Medirigiriya Polonnaruwa Vatadage, Polonnaruwa Rankoth Vehera, Polonnaruwa Somawathiya...
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    Polonnaruwa–Pagan War were a series of successful military expeditions led-by Sinhalese king Parakramabahu the Great against the Bagon Kingdom between...
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    Anuradhapura, Chattagahaka Jantu of Anuradhapura, Lilavati of Polonnaruwa and Kalyanavati of Polonnaruwa have been Queens. Each monarch belongs to one of nine...
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    Polonnaruwa District of North Central Province, Sri Lanka. It has Grama Niladhari Division Code 178. Satmahal Prasada, Hatadage, Polonnaruwa Vatadage...
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    Polonnaruwa vatadage are highly valued and scholars maintain that the Polonnaruwa vatadage represents the best architectural work of the Polonnaruwa period...
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  • Kalinga Magha (category Monarchs of Polonnaruwa)
    Kingdom of Kalinga who usurped the throne from Parakrama Pandyan II of Polonnaruwa in 1215. A massive migration followed of Sinhalese people to the south...
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    Principality of Ruhuna (category Polonnaruwa period)
    several Chola generals; and Manabharana II, whose army once conquered Polonnaruwa. The resistances that arose from Ruhuna were generally victorious against...
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    typical of the latter stages of the Anuradhapura period and the subsequent Polonnaruwa period. More recently archeologists consider that muragala merely served...
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    who had aspirations of taking the throne. Rajaraja I renamed the city Polonnaruwa to Jananathamangalam, near Anuradhapura and settled Velakkara Agampadi...
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    have been extensive refurbishment. The Polonnaruwa Vatedage, considered the peak construction out of all Vatadage temples ("Circular Shrine"), was constructed...
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    Polonnaruwa Vatadage Sri Lanka...
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    The korawakgala at the Polonnaruwa Vatadage (2017)...
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    Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177) (category Wars involving the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    son, Vira Pandyan III, sided with the Polonnaruwa forces led by General Lankapura Dandanatha. The Polonnaruwa Army invaded the Pandyan kingdom and, Kulasekhara...
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    Gal Vihara (category Religious buildings and structures in Polonnaruwa)
    situated in the ancient city Polonnaruwa, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, now present-day Polonnaruwa, in North Central Province, Sri...
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    Ireland. 68 (3): 443–462. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0007725X. S2CID 161585769. Polonnaruwa period Jaffna period Abeysinghe, Tikiri (2005). Jaffna Under the Portuguese...
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    Rankoth Vehera (category Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    stupa located in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. The stupa was built by Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa, who ruled the country from 1187 to...
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  • Vihara Gal Vihara Hatadage Jetavanaramaya Nissanka Latha Mandapaya Polonnaruwa Vatadage Rankoth Vehera Statue of Parakramabahu I Literature in Pali Abhidhānappadīpikā...
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    Hatadage (category Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    which is oriented to the south, directly faces the entrance of the Polonnaruwa Vatadage. The Galpotha stone inscription is near its eastern side, while the...
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    Rajarata (category Kingdom of Polonnaruwa)
    ancient cities, including Tambapanni, Upatissa Nuwara, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, were established as capitals within the area by successive rulers. Rajarata...
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  • Kandy Sigiriya Anuradhapura Galle Polonnaruwa Dambulla cave temple Sinharaja Knuckles Mountain Range Peak Wilderness Horton Plains The United Nations...
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