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... into three periods, named after the three cities that successively served as the kingdom’s capital: the Anuradhapura period (third century B.C. To eighth century A.D.), the Polonnaruwa period (eighth to 13th century), and the Kandy period (15th century to 1815). [23–1220–]

Or Polonnaruwa., ruined ancient city, NE Sri Lanka. Pollonarrua, beautifully situated on a lake, was once the most splendid city of Sri Lanka. It became a royal residence in the mid-4th cent. And the capital after the fall (late 8th ...