Download or read book The Story of Anuradhapura written by Senani Ponnamperuma and published by Nsm Ponnamperuma. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly 1400 years, the Anuradhapura Kingdom flourished as one of the great civilisations of the ancient world. Its capital, resplendent with gleaming dagobas and huge monasteries with thousands of monks proclaimed its opulence and grandeur. Then, in the space of just a few years, it was snuffed out, abandoned, engulfed by forest, and forgotten.