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Concise Mahavamsa Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E., Sinhalanet.com 26 Canals (Ela): A large canal would carry water coming out of the sluice. This large canal would feed smaller canals. These smaller canals would feed much smaller canals. Finally, water would end up in paddy fields. Bisokotuwa: “It was this invention alone which permitted the Sinhalese to proceed boldly with the construction of reservoirs that still rank among the finest and greatest works of the kind in the world. Without some efficient means of regulating the discharge of the water through the sluices, the provision of reservoirs for storing water could never have extended beyond the minor tanks”. (Ref: H. Parker, Ancient Ceylon) Figure 6 In Bisokotuwa, water comes from one side and leaves from the other side. Wooden sheets were placed inside to regulate the flow.
Concise Mahavamsa Ruwan Rajapakse, P.E., Sinhalanet.com 27 Back to Mahavamsa: After the death of King Pandukabhaya, his son Mutaseewa was consecrated as King of Lanka. ________________________________________________________ King Mutaseeva - (Fifth King of Lanka) – Son of King Pandukabhaya (367 BC – 307 BC) King Mutaseeva’s main work included the construction of the Mahamevna Uyana, (Mahamevna Garden in Anuradhapura). It was created with many fruit trees and flowering trees. King Mutaseewa had ten sons and two daughters. After the death of King Mutaseeva, his second son “Devanampiya Tissa” became the King of Lanka,
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