Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka's Magnificent Hydraulic Civilisation

1000 years ago, an empire of technocrats emerged on the island of Ceylon. They transformed Sri Lanka's environment and human geography, and then faded away into the jungle. To support the channel:   / membership   (become a supporter) https://buymeacoffee.com/lostincontext (tip jar) Sources: -A History of Sri Lanka, K. M. de Silva -Elephant Complex; Travels in Sri Lanka, John Gimlette -The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers, Gordon Weiss -The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History, Sanjeev Sanyal -This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War, Samanth Subramanian Various news sources, especially The Economist 00:00 Intro 00:35 Early History 02:32 Anuradhapura 08:05 Buddha's Bodhi Tree 09:28 Colombo 12:00 Pettah 13:48 Temple Trees 16:04 Galle Face 18:10 Conclusion