Akuramboda is a village in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. It is located within
Matale District,
Central Province.
History
According to tradition, the first settler of the village was a
bandāra from "Arakan" during the reign of an early Sinhalese king. A Buddhist
vihāra in the village is said to have been built during the reign of the Sinhalese king
Dutugamunu
Dutugamunu the Great (, , also spelled as ''Dutthagamani''), also known as Dutthagamani Abhaya ("fearless Gamini"), was the greatest king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC. He is renowned for reuniting the whole island ...
.
A government school was operating at the village in 1880 with 170 boys on the roll, 166 boys in 1887, and 168 in 1893.
Demographics
See also
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List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka
Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Kandy District, Matale District, and Nuwara Eliya District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.
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Abasingammedda, Adhikarigama, Agalakumbura, Agalawa ...
References
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Populated places in Matale District
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