Introduction
This royal bath now known as the Kumara Pokuna, must be the Pond named sila Pokkharani
referred to in the Mahavamsa as built by king parakramabahu the Great (1153 – 1186
A.D.) This area lying outside the citadel may have belonged to king parakramabahu’s
royal park named Nandana Uyana. The pond elegantly built with a cruciformed ground
plan is designed in such manner as to get water from the adjacent water course and
is also provided with outlets to drain off the used water. The pavilion near the
pond must have served as a changing room.
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