Ranmasu Uyana Royal Park

The Ranmasu Uyana park was used as a royal pleasure garden from the time of King Devanampiyatissa up to the end of the Anuradhapura Kingdom.
Ranmasu Uyana Royal Park
Ranmasu Uyana ( Goldfish park ) or Magul Uyana (Sinhala: රන්මසු උයන; Tamil: ரன்மசு உயன) is an ancient royal pleasure garden located below the eastern bund of Tissa Wewa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. History To fulfil the essential necessity of a royal park, this was established on the right side of the Maha Vihara premises. The park has been used as a royal pleasure garden from the time of King Devanampiyatissa (247-207 B.C.) up to the end of the Anuradhapura Kingdom (Jayasuriya, 2016). Some scholars such as S. Paranavitana considered this park as the place where Prince Saliya, the son of King Dutugemunu (161-137 B.C.) met his commoner-wife Ashokamala (Fernando, 1990). Vessagiriya slab inscription of Mahinda IV The Vessagiriya slab inscription of King Mahinda IV (956-972 A.D.) mentions the name of this park as the " Ranmasu Uyana " meaning "the habitat of goldfish/goldfish park" (Ranawella, 2004). The main object of erecting this inscription was to provide a direction in su…