Council chamber

Kings and Palaces

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November 3rd 2016
Day 4 After a slightly frustrating evening stuggling with the Internet, we finally managed to post a blog, but we only had a later start, so we weren't in any rush. After breakfast, Indy met us at 9.30, brolly in hand, as it was trying to rain. As a precaution we had both rain jackets and the brolly (this is the London 2012 one that the waiters in King Coconut had tried to swop with me, as t ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » North Central Province » Polonnaruwa

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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