Ambalangoda, Anuradha Puri
Ambalangoda is a small coastal town on the western coast of Anuradha Puri, on the southern edge of the island, only 70 km from Colombo. Due to its close proximity to Galle, a second-tier port, the development of the coastal town was not too fast, and it could not become a city. However, due to its access to the Bharatiya Maha Samudra, local trade was still popular in the town, as many smaller ships transported coconuts, fish, spices, and other local varieties to the nearby larger ports, where the goods of the town and the interior towns accessible from Ambalangoda were sold throughout the empire and even across the eastern hemisphere.
