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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 1123 births, 1123 by country, 1123 deaths, 1123 establishments, 1123 in Europe, 1123 in law, Conflicts in 1123, Parakramabahu I of Sri Lanka, Robert Bloet, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Ralph de Luffa, List of state leaders in 1123, St Bartholomew-the-Great, Furness Abbey, Emperor Shizong of Jin, Emperor Taizu of Jin, Pactum Warmundi, Marbodius of Rennes, St Mary's Church, Warwick, Eystein I of Norway, Saint Berardo, Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, Robert I, Count of Dreux, Dudo-Henry, Count of Laurenburg, Loc-Dieu Abbey, Fujiwara no Akisue, Battle of Yibneh, Eustace Grenier, Davyd Sviatoslavich, House of Lippe, Kamp Abbey, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Bruno, Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, Henry II, Margrave of Meissen, Guiraud, Theulf, Peter of Pappacarbone, Langri Tangpa, Serlo, Bishop of Sees, Felicia of Roucy, Osbern of Gloucester, Tokiwa Gozen, Ranulf, Lord Chancellor, Reinhard of Blankenburg, 1123 in Ireland. Excerpt: Par kramab hu I (Sinhala: Maha Par kramab hu (Par kramab hu the Great); 1123-1186) was king of Sri Lanka from 1153 to 1186. During his reign from his capital Polonnaruwa, he unified the three sub kingdoms of the island, becoming one of the last monarchs in Sri Lankan history to do so. He oversaw the expansion and beautification of his capital, constructed extensive irrigation systems, reorganized the country's army, reformed Buddhist practices, encouraged the arts and undertook military campaigns in southern India and in Myanmar. The adage "not even a little water that comes from the rain must flow into the ocean without being made useful to man" is one of his most famous utterances. Par kramab hu spent much of his youth in the courts of his uncles Kitti Sri Megha and Sri Vallabha, the kings of the principalities of Dakkinadesa and Ruhuna respectively, as well as in the court of the ...
