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- Building
of Sigiriya
1. King Dhatusena wished good-bye to the priest, with tears in
his eyes. He went up to the Kala-Wewa, kept looking at the tank
for a while, got into the water and bathed to his heart's content.
He came out of the tank and addressed Kashyapa's men who were
there.
- The
remarkable irrigation technology
Most of the early settlements of the Sinhalese were in the areas
where the rainfall was not very heavy. These areas are the ones
referred to as the Dry Zone today
- Paduma
misses the bus
There is a faint glow in the sky before them. People wake up,
speaking in soft voices, and stretch their cramped limbs. Some
children begin to cry. Paduma finds Mahi still asleep with his
head on the lap of an old woman, a stranger.
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