A report on Sri Lanka
Island country in South Asia.
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India
19 linksIndia, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), – "Official name: Republic of India.";
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), – "Official name: Republic of India.";
In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.
Sri Lankan Civil War
25 linksThe Sri Lankan Civil War (ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය; இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர்) was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009.
Tamils
18 linksThe Tamil people, also known as Tamilar (தமிழர், in the singular or தமிழர்கள், in the plural), or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry mainly to India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, union territory of Puducherry and to Sri Lanka.
Kingdom of Kandy
17 linksThe Kingdom of Kandy was a monarchy on the island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island.
Mahāvaṃsa
17 linksThe Mahāvaṃsa ("Great Chronicle", Sinhala: මහාවංශය, Pali: Mahāvaṃsa - written in the 5th century CE) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka written in the style of an epic poem written in the Pali language.
Colombo
17 linksColombo (කොළඹ, ; கொழும்பு, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.
Anuradhapura Kingdom
16 linksThe Anuradhapura Kingdom (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර රාජධානිය, translit: Anurādhapura Rājadhāniya, Tamil: அனுராதபுர இராச்சியம்), named for its capital city, was the first established kingdom in ancient Sri Lanka related to the Sinhalese people.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
20 linksThe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in northeastern Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Tamils
21 linksSri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.
Jaffna Kingdom
14 linksThe Jaffna Kingdom (யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு, යාපනය රාජධානිය; 1215–1624 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, of modern northern Sri Lanka was a historic monarchy that came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula.