This was our first stop in Polonnaruwa. Polonnaruwa’s royal palace, Vijayanta Prasada, was built by King Parakramabahu I. The palace stood seven stories and contained 1,000 rooms. Construction took a little over seven years. It was destroyed by South Indian invaders in the 13th century. Burned bricks and original plaster from 55 rooms remain. The holes in […]
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