Historical Guide To Anuradhapura's Ruins

About the Book:-On author’s first visit to Anuradhapura some years ago, when he tried to learn something about the history of these sacred ruins, the general lack of knowledge about them surprised him. He found that what the local residents knew was limited to legends, while the learned priests, perhaps owing to a want of time for a detailed study, had a weakness to fix names from the Mahawansa onto these ruined structures, with little facts to support them. The licensed guides were generally more loquacious than accurate, and the usual kind of good books merely touched the fringe of the subject. This small and very informative work is a collection of observations and study that the author made during seven excursions to this ruins. The chapters note the Bo tree, the Tuparama monastery, the Uposatha ruins, Dakkina dagaba, Tisa Wewa, Jetavanarama, the tooth relic, Elara’s tomb, rock house monastery, Abhayagiri, Kiribat Vehara, Nuwerab Wewa, the great cemetery, Mihintale, Ambasthale, Kalu Diya Pokuns, etc. There are 12 photographs and a map of Anuradhapura’s ruins in this work. The author ventures to hope that this small book will supply the long felt need for a complete and popular work on the ruins of Anraradhapura. It was first published in 1939. About the Author:-Hubert E. Weerasooriya was a noted author. He is mostly remembered for this classic work. He is the author of various books such as --Historical guide to Anuradhapura’s ruins; Mud house to mansion: A novel in two parts; The Tamil lady & the Sinhala lawyer; Voices in stones (Inglés) Encuadernación desconocida – 1 Enero 1958; The Trousered Harijan: A Tale of Modern Ceylon. The Title 'Historical Guide To Anuradhapura's Ruins written/authored/edited by H. E. Weerasooriya', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121234931 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 115 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-