Category: Important facts about Sri Lanka

About Sri Lanka, this category mainly contains various information pertainign to Sri Lanka. The most pages under this category help the travellers to plan their Sri Lanak tour packages.

Jetawanarama Anuradhapura Sri Lanka

The Jetwanarama Stupa is the the largest of its kind in the ancient world and it was the tallest ancient Buddhist structures in the world, the structural ingenuity and engineering skills employed for the construction are significant. The foundation of the ancient Stupa were 8.5m deep and the size of the structure required bricks which could withstand loads of up to 166 kg. The solid foundation lay on bed-rock and the dome was constructed of full and half bricks and earth fill, the unique shape of a perfect ellipsoid allowed for stress and thus allowed the construction of the large structure.

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