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Vessagiriya, or Issarasamanarama, is an ancient Buddhist forest monastery that is part of the ruins of Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka. It is located about half a mile south of Isurumuniya, among boulders. Begun in the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (mid-3rd century BC), the site was expanded during the reign of King ...
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The official language, Indonesian, is a variant of Malay based on its prestige dialect that became the archipelago's lingua franca over the course of centuries. [ f ] It was first promoted by nationalists in the 1920s and gained official status in 1945 following independence under the name Bahasa Indonesia , [ 257 ] and has since been widely ...
[citation needed] After donating Vessagiriya to Maha Sangha this sculpture would have been removed and placed at its present place. The Lovers in the sculptured plaque are King Kuvera Vaisrawana and his Queen Kuni. Ramayana states that Vaisrawana who lived in Vessagiriya ruled Sri Lanka from Lankapura before Rawana. [4] [better source needed]
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Wikipedia is a free multilingual open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia edited and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions were soon created: the German and Catalan editions were created on circa 16 March, [ 1 ] the French edition was created on 23 ...