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Anuradhapura

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Anuradhapura

Ancient holy city in Sri Lanka; population 56,600 (2001) 741,000. It was the capital of the Sinhalese kings of Sri Lanka 5th century BC–8th century AD; rediscovered in the mid-19th century. Sacred in Buddhism, it claims a Bo tree descended from the one under which the Buddha became enlightened.



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In the first instance, the Sinhalese pointed toward their ancient civilization in the Anuradhapura region, in the North Central Province, and claimed ancestral rights of occupation, though at the bureaucratic levels, officials also referred to high population density in the west and south to justify Dry Zone resettlement.
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