パダヴィヤ ウェワ

パダウィヤ ウェワ パダウィヤ ウェワ パダウィヤ ウェワ

北中部州の北東部には、パダヴィヤ ウェワとヴァハルカダ ウェワという 2 つの大きな古代の灌漑タンクがあります。これらの中でパダヴィヤがより注目を集めているのは、おそらくそれが古代の戦車の中で最大であるという伝統的な信念のためでしょう。

多くの植民地行政官がこの戦車を見るために困難な旅をし、古代の建造物が残した遺跡に当然の感銘を受けました。知事サー・ヘンリー・ウォード (1797 ～ 1860 年) は、それを「すべての工事の中で最も巨大なもの」と表現し、「その建設には 10 ～ 15 年間、何百万人もの人が住んでいたに違いない」と推定しました。当時のセイロンに関する多くの本を書いたエマーソン テネント卿 (1804 ～ 1869 年) は、この水門に非常に感銘を受け、次のように報告しました。 ”。しかし、1873 年から 1904 年まで灌漑局に所属していたヘンリー・パーカーが 1886 年に作業の詳細な検査を実施し、その結果を記録しました。

誰がこの戦車を建造したかを示す記録はありませんが、歴史家は最初の建造はサダティッサ王 (紀元前 137 ～ 119 年) とマハセナ王 (276 ～ 303 年) によるものであると考えています。 1900 年代半ばに考古学委員長補佐の DT デヴェンドラ氏によって行われた発掘調査は、マハセナ王が戦車の最初の建設者であるという見解を裏付けています。しかし、プジャヴァリヤの古代文書では、「パディ」や他のいくつかの戦車を建造したサダティッサ王の功績が認められています。 「 padi 」が現在のパダヴィヤ戦車を指しているという強い兆候があります。

パダヴィヤ戦車の堤防にある古代の柱の碑文は誇らしげにこう宣言しています

「世界に善をなすことに関心を持つスリランカの主権者シュリ・パラクラマ・バフによって、これは建設されました。」

この柱はパラクラマバフ 1 世 (1153-1186) が建設者であると宣言していますが、このタンクははるかに古く、パラクラマバフ王はおそらく既存のタンクに大規模な改修または拡張を行ったであろうと結論付けられています。

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