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437 BC - AD 1017
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| ANURADHAPURA SACRED CITY, SRI LANKA | ||||||||
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| The sacred city of Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka, was founded in 437 BC by King Pandukhabhaya. By third century BC its fame had spread to the Roman-Hellenistic world and by first century AD its rulers had established trade routes and diplomatic relations with China. Evidence of these trade links with both the east and west can be seen in the number of foreign artefacts uncovered at the site. | ||||||||
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