The royal bath now known as Kumara Pokuna must be the pond named Sila Pokkharan referred to in the Mahavamsa as built by Parākramabāhu the Great (1153-1186 AD). This area lying outside the citadel may have belonged to King Parākramabāhu’s royal park named Nandana Uyana. The pond, elegantly built with a cruciform ground plan, is designed in such a manner as to get water from the adjacent watercourse and is also provided with outlets to drain off used water. The pavilion near the pond must have served as a changing room.
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