Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura)

This article is about the artificial lake located near Anuradhapura. For the artificial lake located near Tissamaharama, see Tissa Wewa (Tissamaharama).
Tissa Wewa

View of Tissa Wewa
Location Anuradhapura
Coordinates 8°21′N 80°23′E / 8.350°N 80.383°E / 8.350; 80.383Coordinates: 8°21′N 80°23′E / 8.350°N 80.383°E / 8.350; 80.383
Type Reservoir
Basin countries Sri Lanka
Surface area 550 acres (2.23 km2) [1]
Embankment of Tissa Wewa

Tissa Wewa, an artificial reservoir, was built by Devanampiya Tissa (3rd century BC) in order to increase the water supply to his capital city of Anuradhapura. Only Panda Wewa (5th century BC) and Abhaya Wewa (5th-4th century BC) are older. The embankment of Tissa Wewa is two miles long and 25 feet high.[2]

Among other uses, the reservoir supplied water to Tissa's Royal Gardens.[3] In later centuries, Tissa Wewa and the other lakes were enlarged and integrated into a regional network of irrigation canals.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://amazinglanka.com/wp/anuradhapura-tissa-wewa-tank
  2. ↑ http://amazinglanka.com/wp/anuradhapura-tissa-wewa-tank
  3. ↑ http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/lanka/anuradhapura/an10.html
  4. ↑ W. I. Siriweera, History of Sri Lanka, Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company, 2004, pp. 168-170. ISBN 978-955-551-257-2


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