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by UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
published on 27 July 2018
This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist nuns. Anuradhapura, a Ceylonese political and religious capital that flourished for 1,300 years, was abandoned after an invasion in 993 A.D.
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APA Style
Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, July 27). Sacred City of Anuradhapura (UNESCO/NHK).
World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1460/sacred-city-of-anuradhapura-unesconhk/
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Kyokai, UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso. "Sacred City of Anuradhapura (UNESCO/NHK)."
World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 27, 2018.
https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1460/sacred-city-of-anuradhapura-unesconhk/.
