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Posted on January 24th, 2021
Ashley de Vos
Stemming from the advice given by Arahat
Mahinda to King Devanampiya Tissa (3 C.BCE), that all beings including the
animals in the forest and the birds in the air have a right to live, tradition
dictated that all precious resources, are always protected. The thick forest
covered hills and mountains, referred to, by Ferguson (1815) as black, leach
infested and full of animals”, were dedicated to the Gods or Devas, and as a
royal decree ensured its continuous protection, very few went in to desecrate
it.
The central highlands were mostly uninhabited;
the few villages that existed were limited to the edges of the fertile valleys.