Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka through time

Anuradhapura 2010–2012 11 photos of this spot

11 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Anuradhapura, spanning 2010–2012. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka's ancient capitals and ruled continuously by Sinhalese kings for over a thousand years, is captured in this 2010 photograph.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka's ancient capitals and ruled continuously by Sinhalese kings for over a thousand years, is captured in this 2010 photograph.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 This 2010 photograph shows another view within Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, a city whose sacred sites and ruins date back more than two millennia.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 A scene in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2010. The city served as the island's capital for over a thousand years and is now a UNESCO-listed sacred city of Buddhist stupas and monasteries.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka's ancient capitals, is home to well-preserved ruins and Buddhist stupas dating back over two thousand years, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. This photograph was taken in 2010.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Ruins of ancient stupas and monastic structures fill the sacred city of Anuradhapura, a former capital of Sri Lanka founded over two millennia ago. This photograph, taken in 2010, shows part of its extensive archaeological park.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Founded before the 4th century BCE, Anuradhapura served for centuries as a political and religious center of Sri Lanka. This 2010 photograph shows a corner of its archaeological park, which spans a wide area of ancient ruins.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Sri Lanka's ancient city of Anuradhapura, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, preserves the remains of Buddhist temples and stupas built during its centuries as a royal capital. This image, taken in 2010, shows part of the sacred precinct.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Part of the Anuradhapura archaeological site in north-central Sri Lanka appears in this 2010 photograph, taken at what was once the island's capital and a major center of Theravada Buddhism for over a thousand years.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 Anuradhapura's sacred precincts, laid out over more than a thousand years of continuous royal patronage, are among the best-preserved ancient Buddhist sites in South Asia. This photograph dates from 2010.

Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2010 In 2010, this photograph captured a view within Anuradhapura, the ancient Sri Lankan capital whose ruins of stupas and monasteries still draw pilgrims and visitors today, more than two thousand years after the city's founding.

Ruwanwelisaya Anuradhapura - Sri Lanka 2012 Ruwanwelisaya is a great white stupa in Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka's ancient capitals, traditionally attributed to King Dutugemunu in the 2nd century BCE. It remains one of the most venerated Buddhist monuments on the island and part of the Anuradhapura UNESCO World Heritage Site.