Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Buddhist complex
Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Buddhist complex is cataloged as a Sacred site / complex within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “Sri Lanka” and its period or origin is “11th–13th centuries CE; protected heritage complex.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Historical Sri Lankan Buddhist royal and monastic traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa; Polonnaruwa sacred monument complex
- Parent tradition
- Historical Sri Lankan Buddhist royal and monastic traditions
- Public geographic context
- Sri Lanka
- Period / origin
- 11th–13th centuries CE; protected heritage complex
- Living / historical status
- Protected Buddhist and royal sacred complex; current institutional continuity not inferred
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateSri Lanka
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Stable attribution
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Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Buddhist complex. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3208. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3208
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