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Г=START=   XMT: 08:28 Fri Feb 14  EXP: 08:00 Sat Feb 15      Г
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ГANCIENT BUILDING COMPLEX RUINS FOUND IN NORTH-CENTRAL SRI   Г
ГLANKA                                                       Г
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ГCOLOMBO (FEB. 14) XINHUA - A MASSIVE BUILDING COMPLEX WITH  Г
ГLIVING FACILITIES AND WORSHIP PLACES HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED IN Г
ГANURADHAPURA, CAPITAL OF NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE OF SRI      Г
ГLANKA.                                                      Г
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ГTHE COMPLEX DATES BACK TO THE FIRST CENTURY B.C. AND SERVED Г
ГAS MANY AS 5,000 MONKS OF A BUDDHIST MONASTERY.             Г
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ГARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THE COMPLEX, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED     Г
ГPONDS AND DINING HALLS REMAINED BURIED AT THE EXCAVATION    Г
ГSITE FOR CENTURIES. THIS FINDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE   Г
ГUNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRY'S PAST, THEY SAID.             Г
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ГTHE DISCOVERY WAS MADE AT THE SITE OF THE ABHAYAGIRI        Г
Г(MOUNTAIN OF FEARLESSNESS) PAGODA BUILT BY KING VALAGAM BAHUГ
ГIN THE FIRST CENTURY B.C.  WHEN HE WON BACK THE KINGDOM     Г
ГAFTER 14 YEARS OF FOREIGN RULE.                             Г
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ГTHE EXCAVATION WAS FUNDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,Г
ГSCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.                       Г
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ГANURADHAPURA, WHICH SERVED AS THE COUNTRY'S FIRST CAPITAL,  Г
ГIS CONSIDERED TO BE THE TREASURE HOUSE OF ITS ANCIENT       Г
ГBUDDHIST CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. THE CITY NOW IS FAMOUS   Г
ГFOR ITS NICELY LAID OUT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WHICH INDICATE   Г
ГTHE ENGINEERING SKILLS OF ANCIENT SRI LANKAN PEOPLE.        Г
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