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	Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sri Lanka is a Democratic Socialist Republic and the population is a mix of languages and religions.
		Sri Lanka is a centre of bird endemism.
		The ancient and famous Sri Dalada Maligawa or "Temple of the Tooth" is the principal Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka, and by tradition houses the Tooth of Buddha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lanka (4426 words)

	History of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British found that the uplands of Sri Lanka were very suited to coffee, tea and rubber cultivation, and by the mid 19th century Ceylon tea had become a staple of the British market, bringing great wealth to a small class of white tea planters.
		The Sri Lankan garrison on the Cocos Islands mutinied, partly because of the agitation by the LSSP.
		Under Bandaranaike the country became a republic, the Free Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka [22], the Senate was abolished and the position of Sinhala as the official language (with Tamil as a second language) was confirmed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka (5667 words)

	About Sri Lanka: Climate, History and Information on the People
		Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean and located south of the Indian subcontinent, is also known as the Island of Serendipity.
		Sri Lanka lies between 5° 55' and 9° 55' north of the equator and between the eastern longitudes 79° 42' and 81° 52'.
		Sri Lanka is a land of religious freedom and tolerance.
	www.srilanka.com /aboutsl.php (694 words)

	The True History of Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sri Lanka's climate is tropical, with high humidity and year-round temperatures averaging 80o to 83o F (27o to 28o C).
		Buddhism, which came to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC, is the predominant religion and the foundation of Sinhalese culture.
		Sri Lanka is rich in industrial rocks and minerals such as graphite, mica, silica sand, quartz, feldspar, and gemstones.
	members.tripod.com /infctr (1178 words)

	Sri Lanka on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sri Lanka has a generally warm subtropical climate; the average lowland temperature is 80°F (27°C), but humidity is high.
		Sri Lanka's coastal areas, especially in the south and east, were devastated by the Dec., 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami that was caused by an earthquake off NW Sumatra.
		Sri Lanka's political decay: analysing the October 2000 and December 2001 parliamentary elections.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/srilanka_history.asp (2368 words)

	Sri Lanka History - in breaf ...
		Sri Lanka is a blend of Tropical Splendour and a rich cultural heritage is known to the world as the "pearl" of the Indian Ocean.
		SRI LANKA, formerly CEYLON island republic, Located 29 kilometres off the south eastern tip of the Indian subcontinent, Member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.
	www.sinhalaya.com /sl_history.htm (899 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Sri Lanka - History & Archaeology
		The ports of ancient Sri Lanka: Jambukola and Mahatittha (Jambukola and Mahatittha are two ports frequently alluded to in the Mahavamsa unfolding the earliest historical eras of the Island.
		Ancient ports in Sri Lanka (Jambukola and Mahatittha are two ports mentioned frequently in the Mahavamsa, in its resume of the history of the island.
		Hospitals in ancient Sri Lanka (The archaeological evidence as well as references in chronicles and literature indicate the existence of four types of hospitals during the period of the Rajarata civilisation.
	www.lankalibrary.com /geo.html (5200 words)

	A Brief History of Sri Lanka
		In the 13th century the Tamils established a kingdom in the north of Sri Lanka and by 1505 Sri Lanka was divided into 3 kingdoms.
		By 1986 Sri Lanka was self sufficient in rice.
		Sri Lanka still produces tea, rubber and coconuts and a textile industry is growing.
	www.localhistories.org /srilanka.html (1672 words)

	History of SRI LANKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This becomes the first Buddhist centre of Sri Lanka, characterized by the massive dome-shaped stupas (also known as dagobas) which are built to contain sacred relics.
		The main threat to the Buddhist kingdoms of Sri Lanka is raids across the sea from the Tamil rulers of south India.
		The intruders differ from the inhabitants of Sri Lanka in two respects - in language (Tamil is Dravidian, Sinhalese is Indo-European) and in religion (the Tamils are Hindu).
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac68 (809 words)

	History of Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bandaranaike's government introduced a new constitution, which changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, declared it a republic, made protection of Buddhism a constitutional principle, and created a weak president appointed by the prime minister.
		India withdrew the last of its forces from Sri Lanka in early 1990, and fighting between the LTTE and the government resumed.
		In January 1995, the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE agreed to a cessation of hostilities as a preliminary step in a government-initiated plan for peace negotiations.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/srilanka.html (1712 words)

	Sri Lanka History
		The history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, especially its extended period of glory, is for many Sinhalese a potent symbol that links the past with the present.
		Lanka, and his demon hordes, is, according to some scholars, a poetic account of the early southward expansion of Brahmanic civilization.
		Sri Lanka and is seen by many observers as a social revolution resulting in the eclipse of the Westernized elite.
	members.tripod.com /~hettiarachchi/history.htm (18210 words)

	Animal Friendly Sri Lanka
		Contemporary Sri Lanka is the heir to a rich and unique pre-colonial history in respect to Animal Welfare.
		Upon the entry of western influence to Sri Lanka commencing in the 16th Century, the high moral value extended to non - human sentient beings began to decline and the habit of flesh consumption gradually grew among the people.
		Today in modern Sri Lanka there is widespread encouragement by the Government for people in both urban and rural areas, mostly Buddhists, to indulge in inland fisheries and rear animals e.g.
	online.sfsu.edu /~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/AnimalFriendlySriLanka.htm (1182 words)

	Sri Lanka: General Information
		By a process of peaceful constitutional evolution, Sri Lanka won back her independence in 1948 and is now a soverign republic, with membership in the United Nations Organization and the Commonwealth.
		When Sri Lanka was first a Republic in 1972 the traditional Bo leaves depicted in the National Flag were changed to resemble natural Bo leaves.
		The Sri Lankan Parliament is a Unicameral (one chamber) assembly.
	www.unc.edu /~perera/sl_geninfo.html (1813 words)

	Sri Lanka - China History Forum, online chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The archaeological evidence on the pre-history of Sri Lanka, is still too much a rudimentary form to attempt even bare outlines of the beginnings of human society in the island.
		In 1931 Universal Franchise put Sri Lanka ahead of Britain itself in that regard, and the experiment of government by executive committees of the legislature was a foretaste of a future full autonomy.
		Sri Lanka became an independent nation because Brits loved to play the divide and conquer game even after they left, India was split into Pakistan and India was because of this, also Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives etc can be added to the list.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4077 (4253 words)

	Jewels of Lanka - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mahavamsa also records that the Buddha visited Sri Lanka to settle a dispute between the Naga King Mahodera and Prince Chulodera over a throne studded with gemstones.
		Nine-tenths of the island of Sri Lanka is underlain by rocks of Precambrian age.
		The Precambrian crystalline rocks of Sri Lanka are divided into three major units: the Highland group, the Southwestern group, and the Vijayan Complex.
	www.lankajewels.com /gems/history/history.htm (384 words)

	Sri Lanka - Ceylon - Serendib - Ilankai - Sri Lanka Tourism
		Mihintale, the cradle of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
		Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815.
		Embassy of Sri Lanka in the U.S. Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. Sri Lanka Missions Overseas
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/sri_lanka.htm (1103 words)

	Retelling people's history of Sri Lanka -DAWN - International; 19 August, 2004
		While Sri Lanka prepares next year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese, a group of scholars, however, are on a mission to write their own version of history from the perspective of the colonized.
		"History is written with a perspective and in the case of the Portuguese, like all other colonizers, the perspective is theirs," she tells IPS.
		During their occupation of Sri Lanka, the Portuguese fortified their power systematically by manipulating local kings.
	www.dawn.com /2004/08/19/int13.htm (515 words)

	History of Buddhism
		In order to understand and appreciate the history of early Buddhism in Sri Lanka we should have, as a background some general idea of the India of the third century B.C from where Buddhism come to Sri Lanka and also of the pre-Buddhist Sri Lanka to which it was introduced.
		Almost all Buddhist rites, ceremonies, festivals and observance of Sri Lanka were with slight local changes and modification, the continuation of Indian practice which the early Buddhist missionaries introduced into this country.
		By the third century B.C practically the whole of Sri Lanka with the exception of the hilly country and the eastern coast, seems to have been populated though not very thickly perhaps.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~sydney/historybudd.htm (2430 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series/ Sri Lanka / Bibliography
		Ceylon, The Portuguese Era: Being a History of the Island for the Period, 1505-1658.
		Education in Sri Lanka, 1948-1985: An Analysis of the Structure and a Critical Survey of the Literature.
		Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/sri_lanka/lk_bibl.html (4352 words)

	History of Sri Lanka
		The beginning of Sri Lanka dates back to about five centuries before the birth of Christ when the first people who were believed to come from the northern of India and entered the island through Adams Bridge -- a land bridge connecting Indian subcontinent to Sri Lanka --
		Dutch arrival in Sri Lanka was a result of attempts by the Kandy king to seek for help in expelling the Portuguese from the island.
		Sri Lanka was only involved in the WWI as a part of the British Empire.
	www.sri-lanka-tour.com /history.htm (636 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Sri Lanka, ToC
		Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Sri Lanka, from Kirken i Norge
		Sri Lanka, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
		Sri Lanka, from The coins and history of Asia (until 1600)
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/india/xslanka.html (348 words)

	Sri Lanka History: Riots & Violence (1983 - 1994)
		The violence extremely affected on Sri Lanka's economy as many businesses were destroyed, tourism slumped badly and tea prices plunged.
		The government lost a big amount of money into defense and the violation of human rights resulted in the Western aid-giving countries intimidated of withdrawing their support.
		However, as soon as the Indian peacekeepers completed their withdrawal in March 1990the war between LTTE and Sri Lankan began all over again - starting three years of terror.
	www.sri-lanka-tour.com /history/riots-violence.htm (465 words)

	Sri Lanka Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		For a small island, Sri Lanka has many nicknames: Serendib, Ceylon, Teardrop of India, Resplendent Isle, Island of Dharma, Pearl of the Orient.
		Fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tiger) faction has again broken out in Northeastern Sri Lanka, threatening the fragile ceasefire.
		Elephants in Sri Lanka were once royal property, and it was forbidden to kill them.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/sri-lanka (344 words)

	Sri Lanka
		Is Lanka Civilization the oldest in South Asia?
		The rise of heteredox Buddhism in Sri Lanka
		Was Vijaya's arrival in Sri Lanka an accident?
	www.rootsweb.com /~lkawgw/index4.html (163 words)

	SRI LANKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Virtual Gallery The goal of the website, "The Virtual Gallery"is to promote Sri Lankan artists by featuring scanned images of their work.
		Sri Lanka: More than Introduction: It has a collection of materials on Sri Lanka from various sources.
		A Complete Picture of Sri Lanka This Page contains information related to tourism, industry, sports and stock-market in Sri Lanka.
	menic.utexas.edu /asnic/countries/srilanka/srilanka.html (144 words)

	Target : Entertainment : Books : History : Asia : Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives
		Sri Lanka And the Maldive Islands (Portuguese Encounters With the World in the Age of the Discoveries)
		Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Identities
	www.target.com /gp/browse.html?node=4913 (246 words)

	Sri Lanka (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		History of the Ethnic Divide, by Aja Shanahan, Shirani Aththas and Kim Neidhardt
		Flag and Symbols of Sri Lanka (Embassy of Sri Lanka, Washington DC)
		Sri Lanka WWW Virtual Library (Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library, UT Austin)
	www.regiments.org /nations/indianocean/srilanka.htm (609 words)

	MaritimeLanka
		Local and international members of the team are communicating on the best ways to assist with the humanitarian disaster and rebuilding.
		The East Indiaman Avondster in Galle harbour has been excavated recently, the first major project of the Maritime Archaeology Unit of Sri Lanka*.
		The Avondster was originally an English ship, captured and modified by the Dutch, relegated after a long career to shorthaul coastal voyages, and wrecked in 1659 while at anchor in Galle harbour.
	cf.hum.uva.nl /galle (329 words)

	Tomfolio.com: History: Asia, Sri Lanka
		The Plantation Tamils, descendants of those who came from India to grow the crops on which the colonial economy was based, suffered generations of discrimination and political repression before they became citizens in the 1980's.
		Tambiah, S.J. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy Publisher: U Chicago, Chicago, 1986;.
		Wickramasinghe, Martin, Illustrated by: L.K. Karunaratna Aspects of Sinhalese Culture Publisher: Tisara Prakasakayo Dehiwala, Sri Lanka 1973.
	www.tomfolio.com /bookssub.asp?subid=3706 (420 words)

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