The Royal Bathing pool (also call as Kumara Pokuna) located east to the palace complex. it is few meters away from the palace complex, but inside the inner city (Atulu Nuwara) . it is made out using large stone slabs which is decorated by carving. This pool has been used during the period of King Parakramabahu ( 1153-1186). On the side of this pool there are remains of the changing rooms. mainly pool has three storeyed. two of it are blow the ground level. third one act as separate wall. For the construction used only plain and decorated stone slabs. To fill the bottom of pool, used different size square leveled rock pieces. the center of the pool something like circular bench is places. the reason is unknown.
Image 01.
Looking at the image 01. there is two lion faces on second slab, side by side to the entrance stairs. it is a water inlet for the pool and cannot find the source it connected and where it can be control. water inlet fixed from the side of palace complex. may be water supply came from the palace complex. The pool's top level is around 10 feet lower than palace complex.
Image 02.
In the image 2 there is a rectangle hole located bottom left hand side of the opposite side wall. it is drain of the pool. and also there is a small size square hole located just below the second slab, center of the opposite side wall. it is overflow of the pool. both drain and overflow are located to the opposite side of water inlet. there is a canal closer to the side of drain and overflow. it should connected underground for deplete the pool.
Image 03
This identifies as a changing room for the King. it is two step construction. base is made with the same length of pool. there should be walls and roof. the second step is inside that house which decorated by carving and moon stone (sandakada pahana). In the Polonnaruwa era, there is a Sandakada Pahana (Moon Stone) places in many construction and decorated by carving.
by Sam
26-07-2017.
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