17/09/2026
City of the Lion
Carl Muller
Rs. 1,600
The Jam Fruit Tree, 4 Greenpath, Nugegoda
072-7268078
For many centuries, Lanka was called Sihaladipa, the island of the Sihala, the people of the lion. This is the magnificent story of Anuradhapura, the greatest Asian Buddhist city of ancient times, and the proud capital of the lion kings of Lanka. In Children of the Lion, Carl Muller retells the conquest of Lanka by Sihabahu and Sihasivali's eldest son, the disgraced and banished Vijaya. Continuing this monumental saga, richly embedded in myth and legend, City of the Lion, the second book in the series, carries the Sinhala race's story forward.
The book recreates the lion people's return to Anuradhapura after the bold and reckless Sinhala prince, Duttha Gamani, waged war and slew the usurping Damila king, Elara, who had ruled their precious city for 44 years. The city, where Duttha Gamani built the most enduring monuments of Buddhism, grew, flourished, and the edifices of Buddhist glory rose to become the wonders of the East.
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