The Pre-Anuradhapura period of Sri Lankan history begins with the gradual onset of historical records in the final centuries of the prehistoric period and...

The Anuradhapura period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 377 BCE to 1017 CE. The period begins when Pandukabhaya...

Anuradhapura (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුරය, romanized: Anurādhapuraya; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம், romanized: Aṉurātapuram) is a major city located in the north central...

(833–853)) Chola conquest of Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa, 1029–1055 (Chola) Rohana, 1029–1055 (Sinhalese) Polonnaruwa period Polonnaruwa, 1055–1232 Polonnaruwa...

king Ellalan captured the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 205 BCE to 161 BCE. Tamil soldiers from Tamilakam came to Anuradhapura in large numbers in the seventh...

people, the dynasty continued into the Anuradhapura Kingdom until Subharaja (60–67). During the Anuradhapura period four dynasties ruled the kingdom from...

to the Mahavamsa, a Pali chronicle compiled by Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese descend from settlers who immigrated...

extended throughout the country. Buddhism played a major role in the Anuradhapura period, influencing its culture, laws, and methods of governance. The society...

– Anuradhapura – The British-Sri Lankan Excavations at Anuradhapura Salgaha Watta Volumes 1 and 2 (1999/2006) Sudharshan Seneviratne (1989) – Pre-State...

Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Iron Age of the country until the Pre Anuradhapura period in 543 BC. There is evidence of Paleolithic (Homo erectus) people...