The moonstone

Part of the Cultural Triangle

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April 5th 2017
Mar 31 2017 and we are on the road again with Sri Lanka by Car and our driver Manu. The destination is the ancient city of Polonnurawa which is supposedly "a 3 hour drive if there is no traffic". And 6 hours later we arrived!!!!! Stretches of the road were indeed traffic free and we were able to go the speed limit of 70kmh (and in one instance 78 kmh which resulted in a speeding ticket) but for th ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province

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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