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The tank cascade system (Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellaṅgāva) is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka. It is a network of thousands of small irrigation tanks ( Sinhala : වැව , romanized: wewa ) draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use.
[7] [8] The waters were then diverted to Giant's Tank by a 12 mi (19 km) inlet channel (alawakkai). [1] [8] The tank had a catchment area of 38 sq mi (98 km 2). [1] The name Giant's Tank was the English translation of the local name for the tank - Sodayan Kattu Karai (giant built embankment). [1] [7] The tank is now known as Kattukarai Kulam in ...
Long after King Pandukabhaya, King Parākramabāhu I had many tanks built, with one large tank called Parakrama samudraya still providing significant water for agriculture. Many rulers of Sri Lanka contributed to the development and construction of tanks all over the Raja Rata, the northern part of the country. [2]
The Sri Lankan chronicle, the Culavamsa which was written in the Buddhist canonical language Pali, enumerates his works both as a provincial ruler in western Sri Lanka and later as the monarch of the whole country: he either built or restored 163 major tanks (reservoirs), 2,617 minor tanks, 3,910 irrigation channels, 328 stone sluices and 168 ...
The Giritale tank (Sinhala: ගිරිතලේ වැව) is a reservoir in Giritale and Minneriya in Sri Lanka. It was built by King Agbo II (608-618). It is believed that the tank was renovated by King Parakramabahu, the Great (1153–1186). [2] Later, it was subjected to renovation in 1905, 1942 and 1952 during colonial era. [1]
Sri Madhurasiri Vihara: No. 371, Navodagama: Mahavilachchiya: 23 January 2009: The buildings ruins with stone pillars [5] Sri Padmagiri Purana Raja Maha Vihara: Kudanelubewa: No. 265, Kudanelubewa: Nachchadoowa: 23 February 2007: Remains of ancient buildings, steps and rock surface with other archaeological factors [7] Sri Sumanagira Raja Maha ...
Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka: Type: Reservoir: Primary outflows: Transferred water to Thisa Wewa via Jaya Ganga: Basin countries: Sri Lanka: Surface area: 7 square miles (18.1 km²) at full capacity: Water volume: 123 million cubic meters (4 billion cubic feet) Shore length 1: 40 miles (64.4 km) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
The tank was created by joining up two low lying swamps of the Kanakarayan Aru. [4] Construction was carried out manually and the labourers were housed in a new colony - present day Kilinochchi. [2] [3] The tank cost Rs. 194,000 to construct. [2] The tank's name was derived from the Tamil words for two (iranai) and pond (madu). [4]