Anuradhapura, a Buddhist center from ancient times (albumen photo, late 1800's)

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A Buddhist temple in Anuradhapura (albumen photo, late 1800's)

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This Bodhi Tree is said to have grown from a shoot of the original one under which the Buddha meditated (albumen photo, late 1800's)

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Ruwanweli Dagoba, another early site in Anuradhapura (albumen photo, late 1800's)

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An annual Buddhist procession in Ceylon, in a photo by Scowen and Co, c.1880

Source: ebay, Feb. 2006

From "The Earth and its Inhabitants" by Elisee Reclus (D. Appleton and Company, 1884)

Source: ebay,  Feb. 2006