Habarana Wewa and Archaeological Ruins Habarana Wewa (Sinhala: හබරණ වැව, සෙල්ලිපිය සහ පුරාවිද්යා නටඹුන්) is a reservoir situated near Habarana town in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. History This tank is probably the ancient Aggivaddhamanaka tank built by King Vasabha [(67-111 A.D.) Paranavitana, 2001]. In the Mahavamsa-tika, the name of this tank is given as Abhi-vaddhamana and in Sinhalese historical writings, it occurs as Ak-vadunna, the equivalent of Agi-vadamana and Abi-vadunna (Paranavitana, 2001). The Later Brahmi Inscription engraved on the rock located at the east margin of the reservoir contains the details of a tank named Agivadamana (Paranavitana, 2001). The reservoir The bund of the reservoir is about 3,940 ft long and the water is extending in an area of about 330 acres at its full supply level (Arumugam, 1969). It has one spill and one sluice (Arumugam, 1969). Archaeological ruins The ruins of a dilapidated Stupa and a rock inscription written in later-Brahmi scripts have been discovered on the large stretch o…
