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Ancient Ruins

Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura was Sri Lanka's first capital and remained the center of Sinhalese civilization for over a thousand years. Today it's a sprawling UNESCO World Heritage site of towering dagobas, moonstones, monastery ruins and the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree, said to be grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree in India. A quieter, more spiritual counterpart to Sigiriya.

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