Tissa Wewa (Anuradhapura)

Tissa Wewa
Tissa Wewa
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	Tissa Wewa
Location	Anuradhapura
Coordinates	8°20.1′N 80°22.8′E / 8.3350°N 80.3800°E
Type	Reservoir
Basin countries	Sri Lanka
Surface area	550 acres (2.23 km2)

{About the artificial lake located near [Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka ] |The artificial lake located near [Tissamaharama]|Tissa Wewa (Tissamaharama)}

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.^[1] Only Panda Wewa (5th century BC) and Abhaya Wewa (5th-4th century BC) are older. The embankment of Tissa Wewa is 2 miles (3.2 km) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) high.

Among other uses, the reservoir supplied water to Tissa's Royal Gardens.^[2] In later centuries, Tissa Wewa and the other lakes were enlarged and integrated into a regional network of irrigation canals.^[3]

References

^ A Guide to Anuradhapura. Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka. 1981. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "Sri Lanka".
^ W. I. Siriweera, History of Sri Lanka, Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company, 2004, pp. 168-170. ISBN 978-955-551-257-2

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[aga-1] A Guide to Anuradhapura. Central Cultural Fund, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka. 1981. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[2] "Sri Lanka".

[3] W. I. Siriweera, History of Sri Lanka, Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company, 2004, pp. 168-170. ISBN 978-955-551-257-2

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