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Founded in 1751

and wisdom

a pair of golden fish

while high grades are rare

5 Rupees, Sri Lanka, 1974 Portuguese India r-14lw9ot{background-color:rgba(2555 Rupee banknote of Sri Lanka, issued in 1974 shortly after the country's name was changed from Ceylon to Sri Lanka. The obverse features King Parakkrama, or Parakrambahu I (1153 1186 AD), who unified Sri Lanka under a single kingdom after a long period of division. He is known for building a number of irrigation works, as well his patronage of Buddhism. The name Parakrambahu was adopted by many other subsequent rulers of Sri Lanka. The reverse