නුවරකලාවියේ ඓතිහාසික හෙළ සංස්කෘතික අනන්‍යතාව - පළමු භාගය

Abstract

Nuwarakalawiya or Anuradhapura was inhabited by Mesolithic Balangoda Man, the Australoid of the present day Vadda aborigine. He was from India who possessed the horse and a knowledge of iron working. The Aborigine cultivated rice through tank irrigation and were culturally closet to the early iron age “Megalithic” man of middle and south India, and culture traits were characteristic of the north central province. (Ancient Ceylon, 1972). The Nuwarakalaviya and Sinhalese culture is inseparable concept in Buddhist Civilization in Sri Lanka. Anuradhapura or Nuwarakalaviya is marked as the milestone which is Sinhalese cultural affluence. Here, We describe many important monuments in the Anuradhapura, the remains of which still survive. The above map provided in this research study indicates their relative positions, and the index of the monuments dealt with would help find the data in the description of any given monument.