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Polonnaruwa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 03, 2021 01:32 PM — History

tags: UWHS

An ancient city of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa dating ca. AD 1070. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/348371058

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
7.932882, 81.008119

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Polonnaruwa (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Polonnaruwa makes connections with:

Polonnaruwa connection Taprobane/Palaisimoundou/Salike (island) (unspecified date range)

Polonnaruwa receives connections from:

Alahana Parivena located near Polonnaruwa (AD 1000 - AD 1099)

Place type:
settlement

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Polonnaruwa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/348371058> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/348371058 |title=Places: 348371058 (Polonnaruwa) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 4:52 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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