Once a centre of Buddhist teaching and learning, it was built in the early 13th century and witnessed the rise and fall of Tambralinga, a powerful Buddhist-Malay kingdom that managed to conquer Jaffna kingdom in Sri Lanka.
It was built in the early 13th century. This was once a centre of Buddhist teaching and learning. It was witnessed the rise and fall of Tambralinga. This was once a centre of Buddhist teaching and learning. Tambralinga was a powerful Buddhist-Malay kingdom. This Malay kingdom managed to conquer Jaffna kingdom in Sri Lanka.