Sri Lanka: Kantaka Cetiya, Mihintale

Kantaka Cetiya is one of Sri Lanka's earliest stupas, built sometime during the 1st cnetury BC. Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura that is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the presence of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It is now a pilgrimage site, and the site of several religious monuments and abandoned structures.

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David Henley

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CULTURAL TRIANGLE