Anuradhapura. Ruins of a pokuna or bathing pond to the north-east of the Brazen Palace

1871 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Ruins of another pokuna lie northeast of the Brazen Palace in Anuradhapura in this 1871 view, among the many bathing ponds built to serve the monasteries of the ancient Sri Lankan capital before it was abandoned and later rediscovered by archaeologists.

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