Saturday, April 16, 2011

Snapshot Saturday: Elephant Pond

Abhayagiri Giant Pond (also called Elephant Pond) in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

A pond six times the size of an olympic swimming pool, could date back from 1 BC (gasp!) to 11 AD. Used by monks, about 5,000 of them, for their water requirements. Now that's heaps!


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