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	Kotte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Situated in a marshland, it was founded on the banks of the Diyawanna Oya river as a fortress against South Indian invaders in the 13th century by a provincial ruler named Alagakkonara.
		Later the city became the capital of the island, and was renamed Sri Jayewardenepura, meaning "the great city of victory." The Portuguese arrived on the island in 1505 and had control of the city by 1565.
		The urbanization of Kotte restarted in the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Jayewardanapura_Kotte (281 words)

	Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons : the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Sri Lanka is the country with the highest species richness in the world and home to several forest ecoregions, whose flora and fauna is related to that of southern India.
		The northern and eastern portions of the island are considerably drier, lying in the rain shadow of the central highlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lanka (2254 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The island of Sri Lanka, lies within the Indian Ocean, with the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterized by monsoons ; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Around 75% of the Sri Lankan population belongs to the Sinhalese majority, which is predominantly Buddhist and in particular of the Theravada tradition.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Sri_Lanka (1944 words)

	Sri Lanka - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons : the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June toOctober.
		Sri Lanka is home to several forest ecoregions, whose flora and fauna isrelated to that of southern India.
		The Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests are a tropical drybroadleaf forest ecoregion, which, like the neighboring East Deccan dry evergreen forests of India's Coromandel Coast, is characterized by evergreen trees,rather than the dry-season deciduous trees that predominate in most othertropical dry broadleaf forests.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Sri_Lanka (1718 words)

	Sri Lanka article - Sri Lanka 1972 island nation southeast Indian subcontinent Sanskrit Sanskrit - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It had settled in Sri Jayewardanapura Kotte when coastal regions were occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century.
		The island of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, lies within the Indian Ocean, with the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterised by monsoons ; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/LK (1529 words)

	Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Lanka's earliest known inhabitants were the Wanniyala-Aetto.
		Relations between the Tamils (of India and Sri Lanka) and the Sinhalese were complex, sometimes peaceful and sometimes warlike, with invasions in both directions and substantial intermixing.
		The capital settled in Sri Jayewardenepura (Kotte) when coastal regions were occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ceylon (1900 words)

	Sri Lanka
		Map of Sri Lanka The island of Sri Lanka, lies within the Indian Ocean, with the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
		Mosque in [[Galle ]] The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterized by monsoons ; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Beach in Welligama, southern Sri Lanka Around 75% of the Sri Lankan population belongs to the Sinhalese majority, which is predominantly Buddhist and in particular of the Theravada tradition.
	www.datamass.net /sr/sri-lanka.html (1784 words)

	Kotte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Jayewardanapura or '\ Kotte ' is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.
		Situated in a marshland it was found on the banks of the diyawanna oya (a stream) as a fortress against the South Indian invaders in the 13th century by a provincial ruler named Alagakkonara.
		Kotte was again developed as a city in the 20 th Century.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Kotte (484 words)

	Sri Lanka - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South Indian Tamil rulers attacked Sri Lanka a several time and in most cases there was a defender of the nation.
		It is a little known fact that the lowest gravitational field on Earth is found just off the coast of Sri Lanka.
		The Hindu newspaper placed Sri Lankan broadcaster Vernon Corea, a pioneer of Radio Ceylon, among the top five great broadcasters of the world.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Lk (1541 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As Ceylon http://www.glue.umd.edu/~pkd/sl/facts/name_origin.html it became independent in 1948 ; in 1972 its name was changed to Sri Lanka and the capital was moved to Sri Jayewardanapura Kotte.
		President Kumaratunga acknowledged at the UN that there is deep rooted discrimination that leads to terrorism but has so far not acted on her words to bring equality to the Tamil people.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterized by monsoon s; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
	en.mcfly.org /Sri_Lanka (1613 words)

	Sri Lanka - InformationBlast
		Life on Sri Lanka has been marred by more than two decades of ethnic conflict, mainly between the national government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, pronounced L-T-T) insurgency.
		Sri Lanka's pre-historic humans were the Wanniyala-Aetto, commonly known as Veddahs.
		Devanampiya Thissa, the king at the time of Mahinda Thero's arrival, embraced Buddhism and facilitated its spread by constructing temples and Buddhist institutions throughout the country.
	www.informationblast.com /LK.html (1851 words)

	Tamil Reloaded
		Relations between Tamils (of India and Sri Lanka) and Sinhalese were complex -- sometimes peaceful and sometimes warlike, including invasions in both directions and substantial intermixing.
		The Sri Lankan Parliament is a unicameral 225-member legislature elected by universal (adult) suffrage on the basis of a modified proportional representation system by district to a six-year term.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterized by monsoons; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
	www.freewebs.com /tamilreloaded/srilanka.htm (1516 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Encyclopedia : S : SR : SRI : Sri Lanka
		As Ceylon [ link ] it became independent in 1948 ; in 1972 its name was changed to Sri Lanka and the capital was moved to Sri Jayewardanapura Kotte.
		The earthquake and subsequent tsunami s reportedly killed over 160,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean.
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Sri_Lanka (1719 words)

	Sri Lanka Details, Meaning Sri Lanka Article and Explanation Guide
		Sri Lanka Details, Meaning Sri Lanka Article and Explanation Guide
		Sri Lanka Guide, Meaning, Facts, Information and Description
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterised by monsoons; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
	www.e-paranoids.com /s/sr/sri_lanka.html (1568 words)

	physics - Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sri Lanka is home to several forest ecoregions, whose flora and fauna is related to that of southern India.
		An interactive site dedicated to analyze, monitor and debate Sri Lankan politics
		Dutch Portuguese Colonial History Dutch Portuguese Colonial History: history of the Portuguese and the Dutch in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), India, Malacca, Bengal, Formosa, Africa, Brazil.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Ceylon (1777 words)

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