Anuradhapura. Remains of a pokuna or bathing pond near the Government Kachchéri

1871 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

The remains of a pokuna, or ancient bathing pond, near the Government Kachcheri in Anuradhapura are recorded in this 1871 photograph, part of the ruins of Sri Lanka's former royal capital, which flourished as a center of Buddhist civilization for over a thousand years.

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