Aborigines of Anuradhapura

Aborigines of Anuradhapura.

Veddas are the aborigines or the indigenous people of Srilanka.Mahavansa reveals that veddas are descended from Prince Vijaya (6^th -5^th century B.C)the founding father of Sinhalese nation,though Kuweni a woman of the indegenious Yakka clan whom he had espoused.

The Mahavansa relates that following the repudiation of Kuweni by Vijaya infavour of a ‘Kshastriya” princess from the Pandya country, their two children a girl and a boy departed to the region of Samanthakuta (Adamspeak in Ratnapura district) and their progeny gave rise to the veddas. Veddas are believed to be identical with the Yakka of Yore…..

Extracted from the source : Daily News our native veddas.

                                                                                              

Administration of Anuradhapura

Officials and Governing

Royal officials were divided into 3 categories.

1.  Officials attached to the palace.

2.  Officials of the central administration.

3.  Officials of the provincial administration.

One of the most important position was Purohita , the chief advisor of the king.The king also had a board of ministers called Amati paheja .In central administration Senapati was a position second only to the king,and held by a member of nobility.This position and also the positions of yuvaraja (subking) played a major role in administration.

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1.  King Pandukabhaya (377 BC)

2.  King Dutugamunu (161-137 BC)

3.  King Walagamba (103,89-77 BC)

4.  King Saddhatissa (137-119BC)

5.  King Mahaculi Mahatissa (77-63BC)

6.  King Vasamba (67-111 BC)

7.  King Gajabhahu (114-136 BC)

8.  King Dhatusena (455-473 BC)

9.  King Aggabodi 1(571-604 BC)

10. King Aggabodi 2(604-614 BC)          

11. King Kutakanna Tissa (44-22 BC)

12. King Amandagamini (29-19 BC)

13. King Mahinda 5 (982-1017 BC)

HISTORY OF ANURADHAPURA

Anuradhapura first became a capital in 380 BC under the king Pandukabhaya.During the rein of  king Devanampiyatissa  Buddhism reached SriLanka and established in this holy city Anuradhapura.Anuradhapura is Srilanka’s most sacred town from origins as a settlement in the 6^th century BC it was made capital in the 377 BC by king Pandukabhaya (437- 367 BC) who started the great Irrigation work on which it depended and named it after the constellation Anuradha.

Anuradha was the 1^st  general of king Vijaya, the legendary ancestor of the Sinhalese race.The city measured 52 km² and was maintained by at least 500 scavengers.The city was divided into several quarters.Forein traders lived in one quarter.Their houses were 2 or 3 stories.

Location of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura is a major city in Srilanka.
It is the capital of North central province.
Latitude of Anuradhapura -8, 3500 (820'60 000''N)
Longitude of Anurahdapura- 80,3833 (8022'59.888" E)
Altitude f Anuradhapura -85m
Area-7,179 square kilometres.

සිරිත් මල් දමෙන් දිවියට අරුතක්

සිරිත් මල්දම

1)මහත් සෙත්                        වඩවන

සිරිත් මල්දම                         බලමින

සිරිත් හොඳ                        දැනගෙන

මහත් යසසිරි ලබනු        දෙලොවෙන

2)හොඳ ලෙස                      හැඳීමට

හොඳ සිත් ඕනෑ හැම                   විට

නරක සිත් ඇති                           විට       

නරකමයි සිදුවන්නේ              අපහට

3)නරක සිතකින්                      නම්

හොඳක් නොකළැකි             කිසියම්

හොඳක් නොකළේ                    නම්

උපන් ගතියෙන් නැත පලක්        නම්

4)පව් නම් නරක                                   මය

එයින් දෙලොවෙහි දුක                මය

පින් නම්උතුම්                          මය

එයින් දෙලොවේ මහත් සැප        මය

5)තමන් පණ ලෙස                    හැම

සතුන් ගැන සලකා                    පෙම

ඔවුන් දුටු                             විලසම

කරන් ආදර ගුණය             නොහැරම

6)බොරු කීම                      කැතමය

ගැරඩි කුණටත්                  නොසමය

ඇත්ත නම්                              කදිමය

මෙලොව රජ සැපටතත්        උතුමය

7)සුදු කෙළි                          පළකට

කොලහල කෙරෙන             තැනකට

තැබෑරුම්                             පළකට

යාම හොඳ නැත බලා             ඉදුමට

8)යම් කිසි                         ගෙදරකට

ගිය කළ ඕනැ                        කමකට

ඔවුන් නොම දැක                      ගෙට

ඇතුල් නොමවන් නොහොබි     සිරිතට

9)දනන් නිති                         ගැවසෙන

තැනින් කුඩ ඉහලා                      ගෙන

සැරෙන් බස්                             කියමින

ගමන් නොකරන් උඩගු             විලසින

10)ගුරු බස                          සැබෑමය

එය පිළිගැනුම                         යුතුමය

පඬි බසත්                               එයමය

එයින් දෙලොවෙහි මහත්       සැපමය