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who left his family and went to live in the jungle due to his wife's unbearable and repeated insults and disrespects towards him. After some years in the jungle he was well accustomed with wild animals and lived with a flock of deer. One day a hunter suddenly noticed this strange man living with
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animals in the jungle; went to the palace and told the king that it seems that this strange man lives in the forest in order to guard an unknown treasure there. King sent his army to catch him.
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complex consisting of two reservoirs, Kala Wewa and Balalu Wewa. It has the capacity to store 123 million cubic meters of water. This reservoir complex has facilitated with a stone made
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revealed his true story and told real reason for his leaving the city and living in the jungle. Then king asked him of any interesting thing he had seen while living in the jungle.
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ruled the north part of the country during the period from 429 to 455 CE. King Dhatusena repelled the invaders and united the country. He wanted to rebuild the
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said, "No sir, I have not seen anything interesting but in a brook somewhere in the jungle, water is being blocked by the flora called
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was very keen on information with regard to a spot very suitable to construct a tank to be the massive one in the history of
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that has been grown across that stream. According to this legend, it was the spot wherein the king created the
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meandering over 87 km (54 mi) at a slope of 6 inches per mile and is another wonder of primeval
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is 40 miles (64.4 km) and has a total area of 7 square miles (18.1 km) at full capacity.
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Jaya Ganga carried water from Kala Wewa and stored enough water in the Thisā Wewa for the
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in the 12th century. The tank was renovated several times in the past as in the period of
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on how the king was able to find a place for the tank he imagined. There was a man called
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After the construction of Kala Wewa was completed, the king built another tank called
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was caught and brought to the palace. When the king questioned him of the treasure,
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in ancient time. While supplying water also for the small
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created by same ruler. This statue is named after the
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Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management
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Index

Kalawewa

Type
Primary outflows
Basin
not a well-defined measure
Sinhala
King Datusena
CE
reservoir
spillway
sluices
feet
paddy lands
capital Anuradhapura
Tissa Wewa
hydraulic engineering
Ceylon
reservoir
King Dhatusena
Tamil
South India
irrigation system
tanks
canals
Anuradhapura
Sinhala
Sri Lanka
King Mahinda II
Tissa Wewa

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