Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.895

v2.c27.895

Parakkama-bāhu also enlarged and fortified Pulatthipura and adorned the city with numerous palaces and pleasure-gardens. He paid great attention to irrigation, opening the Ākāsagaṅgā and forming or improving a system of irrigation, its centre being in the Parakkama-samudda, and building numerous tanks throughout the country.