If you are someone interested in ancient history and an explorer who wants to know about the life of our ancestors. Polonnaruwa is the right place to jump into. Ancient engineering techniques is something that is still being explored with very less clues in hand. These ancient irrigation systems are being enjoyed by travelers and technology enthusiasts even today.
Angammedilla National Park
The first anicut at Elahera is 1700 years old and the 2nd anicut at Angammedilla is 900 years old. This place is ideal for visitors who are interested in archeology, history, ancient technology, civil engineering, and hydrology. This national park presents several surprisingly awesome techniques that have been used by ancient engineers step by step to cater the increasing population.
Parakrama samudraya / Elahera anicut
A huge stone anicut can be seen across the Ambangaga , a perineal river that starts from the knuckles range in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Initially, the King Wasabha built the first ever anicut across Ambangaga in the first century. Then later in the time, the king Mahasen built a larger stone anicut to divert a great portion of water towards the lake Minneriya in 3rd Century AD. From Minneriya Lake, water was diverted to two other massive reservoirs called Kanthale and Kaudulla.
