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Anuradhapura Historical background With the recent excavations, the history of Anuradhapura goes back to the 8th C. BC. or 2700 years.
However legends take the history more than 3000 – 5000 years. (Ramayana is one of them) At that time there were 04 tribes living in Sri Lanka. There are evidences that international traders had visited Lanka by the time of 7-8th C BC. Excavations in Anuradhapura revealed that when the legendary prince Wijaya arrived Lanka from India, the people engaged in Paddy cultivation, raring of horses and using written language.Since 6thC.BC.
from time to time Aryan groups from Northern India came to Lanka and settled down along the rivers.