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Cultural Triangle - Anuradhapura, Dambulla, Polonarruwa

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March 1st 2013
Some semblance of hope was restored once we got the hell out of Colombo. We took a train to Anuradhapura, which was our first stop of the Cultural Triangle tour, which mainly consists of Anuradhapura, Dumballa and Polonnaruwa, whose locations on a map form a triangle. There are cities in between these that also make up the triangle, but basically, it encompasses some of the oldest sites of Sri Lan ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more